• 在孩子读书的时候，遇到了没有见过的单词，要鼓励孩子按照音节的方法将单词拼出，英文叫做”decoding the new words”。这个对于孩子阅读能力的提高至关重要。那么父母除了让孩子将生词读出，还可以如果帮助孩子呢？下面有四个方面，您可以尝试：

给与孩子更多的鼓励

中美教育的最大差异就是父母对于孩子的期望值，亚洲父母普遍认为孩子不够好，需要做的更好，而美国的家长会给与孩子更多的赞许和鼓励，最后的结果可能是，缺乏赞许和鼓励的孩子也缺乏自信心。所以，对于少儿教育，彼得感触最多就是，您需要更多的鼓励和赞许您的孩子。您可以在孩子阅读的时候多多给与他们鼓励和赞许，让他们对于阅读更有信心：

• I like the way you…
• Good reading
• Where was the tricky part? I like the way you fixed it.
• That sounds just like talking

阐述孩子所作的事情

在孩子完成一项阅读内容后，您可以将他所完成的事情再完整的阐述一遍，让孩子留下更深的印象：

• Were you thinking about what would make sense?
• I like how you read it again to see if you were right.
• I liked the way you fixed your mistake by checking the first letter.
• Where you thinking what would make sense there that started with that sound?
• I liked how you noticed that didn’t sound right.
• I like how you tried several ways to figure out that word.

教授孩子阅读方法

在孩子阅读的时候，您可以教授孩子一些使用的阅读和认字方法：

• Read it with your finger.
• Look at the picture.
• When you are stuck, try reading it again and starting the sound.
• Skip the word and read on.
• What would make sense there?
• Does that sound right?
• Does that look right?
• What you said sounds right, but it must look right too.
• Can you find that word on another page?
• Do you know a word like that?
• Read the line again and start the sound.
• Say more of the word.
• Show the child how to take words apart in chunks.
• Can you find a little word in that word?

培养孩子的阅读独立性

阅读是孩子自己的功课，家长在孩子阅读的时候，也可以有意识的培养孩子的自我阅读意识，您可以使用下面的问题来提醒孩子：

• What did you notice?
• What could you try?
• Were you right?
• You’re almost right.
• Try that again.
• You know a word like that.
• That is a word you know.
• Can you find the word that is wrong?
• What else could you do?
• Wait. (Say noting)
• What did you do on this page that was so smart?
• Why did you stop?
• What do you think it might be?
• How did you know?