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