📖 Helping with Reading Comprehension
Everything you need to help — without doing it for them.
🧭 Simple explanation (for you)
Comprehension is thinking while reading: who, what, where, when, why — then the main idea. Ask questions during and after reading; predictions and retelling are the best practice.
❓ Questions to ask
- “What happened?”
- “Why did the character do that?”
- “What was the main idea?”
- “What would you have done?”
💡 Hints (not answers)
- Ask questions while reading
- Let the child retell the story
- Ask for the main idea in one sentence
- Predict what comes next
🏡 Practice activity
Story retell: after reading, your child tells the story back in three sentences.
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