| How many of us wish we had known how to speed | | | | before they can implement the techniques |
| read back in grade school when the teacher | | | | needed to speed read. A good barometer of |
| assigned a book report over the winter | | | | where your child is on the reading scale is |
| holiday break? Although reading is | | | | to inquire with their teacher. Each year |
| fundamental in the learning process, for many | | | | teachers do reading tests on the children to |
| children it is a tedious task. They become | | | | determine at what grade level the child is |
| overwhelmed because they are looking at a | | | | reading at. For a child reading at a sixth |
| book of well over two or three-hundred pages | | | | grade level while in the third grade, they |
| and they see that as hours that could be | | | | can easily be introduced to the idea of speed |
| spent outside playing in the snow or doing an | | | | reading. However if a child is in the sixth |
| activity with their family. | | | | grade and reading at a third grade level, |
| | | | their regular reading needs to be improved |
| For children who have the ability to speed | | | | significantly before they can even consider |
| read, they don't see the book report project | | | | the possibility of speed reading. |
| as such a burden. The main reason is that | | | | |
| instead of spending days reading the book and | | | | Parents can aid in their children's basic |
| researching the material, they will spend | | | | reading ability by having the child read to |
| considerably less time with those tasks; so | | | | them each night. Children become accustomed |
| much less time that it could translate to | | | | to having their parent read bedtime stories |
| hours or even in some cases minutes. | | | | to them, but if the child becomes the |
| | | | storyteller, their reading skills can be |
| One of the greatest lessons that any parent | | | | monitored much more efficiently. |
| can give to their child or any teacher can | | | | |
| give to their students is the ability to | | | | A child can become a speed reader with a |
| speed read. Once learned, the child would be | | | | little assistance from their parents. This |
| able to speed read for the remainder of their | | | | will help them thrive in school; it will also |
| lives. This would result in significant | | | | give them a significant boost in confidence. |
| changes not only in their school experiences, | | | | The material they are reading will be |
| but also in their college and professional | | | | absorbed quicker and their assignments will |
| experiences as well. | | | | be completed without worry of them falling |
| | | | behind because they couldn't get through the |
| Both parents and teachers can do things that | | | | reading material. Helping your child develop |
| encourage the child to learn to speed read. | | | | their speed reading skills is a great gift |
| One is the parent or teacher can introduce | | | | you can give to them; it's a gift that will |
| exercises that aid the child in reading. A | | | | last a lifetime. |
| child first needs to be a strong reader | | | | |