Reading is an important part of your child’s education and picking the right book can make all the difference. Here is a quick and easy tip to help decide if that book is too hard, or just right.
Teach them to use the FIVE FINGER TEST…
Choose a page in the middle of the book with lots of words.
Read silently. If you come to a word you don’t know put down your thumb.
If you find another word you don’t know put down one finger.
Keep doing this as you read.
If you use up all your fingers, the book is too hard.
