Reading aloud to children daily is an effective way to help them become successful readers. Our RCOE team members are doing their part by reading children's books in English and Spanish to promote literacy across the county. Here's the latest edition:
"The Rainbow Fish" read by Mike Barney
Watch the entire book reading series
"El pez arcoíris" leído por Viridiana Lopez
Ver la serie completa de lectura de libros
In Riverside County, we are deeply committed to ensuring every child can read well because learning to read is an essential skills in school and life. In order to achieve this goal, a strong partnership between families and schools and the community is essential.
Learning to read is not a natural process and it has to be explicitly taught. In order to develop strong readers, it is important to use evidence-based methods, or the” Science of Reading,” to ensure all students succeed and thrive in this area.
In order to be a successful reader, students will need strong skills in:
- Phonological and phonemic awareness - the ability to hear and manipulate sounds of language
- Decoding and word recognition - the ability to read words
- Fluency - being able to read a passage accurately, quickly and with proper expression
- Vocabulary - knowledge of the meaning of words
- Comprehension - making meaning of written words is necessary for understanding what we read
For more information on how to support your child in these important areas, please see the resources below.