To help your child read fluently, or sound more like a storyteller when they read, use this tip. Help your child scoop words together with a pencil eraser or their finger and eventually, with just with their eyes.
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Scoop a family workshop video from Springboard Collaborative. Beginning readers often sound choppy and robotic. We want to help them read smoothly, or say words on the page in a more natural rhythm. You can help your child sound more like a storyteller when they read, by helping them scoop the words together into phrases. Let's see how it might work! [Child reading] Can we stop for a second? So, I want us to try to read this a little bit smoother. So, something that you can do is that you can scoop a few words together. So, watch me. And scoop some more words together. His tall building was finished. Can you try it? You can use your fingers. Ready? "His tall building was finished." One more time! "His tall building was finished." Good job! This mother helped her son by doing three things. First, she had him slow down and learn the words. Then, she had him scoop the phrases together they did it with their fingers on the page. Then, she had him read again to practice reading in phrases. This concept can be hard for children, so modeling it or doing it yourself, can be very helpful. Let's see how this mother models. Scooping words together when you read, so it comes out more kind of fluid. So, let me let me model that and let me show you what it looks like right? So, it would sound like this: it was all pretty hilarious and we got to see it live and in person. So, that's pretty much what happened. You don't have to practice the skill with the book, all you need is a sentence! Watch how this mother does it with sentences on a flashcard. Go to, the door. "Go to the door." There you go! Okay, let's try this one. [Child reads] You do automatically! Yeah, that sounded much better. Run to the mud. So, the next time you read, slow down and take a moment to help your child scoop the words together and reread. Soon you'll be able to hear the difference in their reading!