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Daily Home Reading with Lexplore

A simple daily reading routine for parents and guardians: 30 minutes of reading fluency practice in Lexplore, reading aloud and talking about the text.

  1. Introduction – the role of parents and guardians, and why reading skills need regular practice
  2. 10 + 10 + 10 minutes every day – the routine, who developed it, and why the school’s instructions come first
  3. Which level is right? – reading fluency practice and switching to an easier or harder level
  4. Step by step – Step 1 reading fluency practice in Lexplore, Step 2 reading aloud (your own book or a book in Lexplore), Step 3 discuss the text, Step 4 read more if you like
  5. Working with reading fluency practice – instructions and evaluation

Step 1: Work with reading fluency practice in Lexplore for 10 minutes

  • Find a calm and quiet place. It helps if the table you sit at is clear so your child can concentrate.
  • One way to make it easier is to follow the text with a finger under the line.
  • When your child no longer stops and hesitates, it’s a good time to move on to the next page.
  • Feel free to repeat the most recently read page when you start the next day.

Step 2: Reading aloud for 10 minutes

  • Read a book you have at home or one of the books available in Lexplore.
  • When you work on reading aloud, you can take turns reading. It depends a bit on how far your child has come in their reading.
  • Listening to someone read aloud is enjoyable for the child and develops their vocabulary and feel for language.
  • You can choose to read every other page.

Step 3: Discuss the text together for 10 minutes.
To deepen understanding of the language, it’s good to talk about what you have just read together. Ask questions about what happened in the text. What do the settings look like? How do the characters feel? What do they do, and why? This way, your child gets to practise understanding what the text said.

 

Step 4: Read as much as you can and want beyond this…
Of course you can read more than 10+10+10, but remember that the joy of reading is the most important thing for keeping motivation up. So be happy with the practice you do!

 

Step 5: Working with reading fluency practice

Instructions

  • Read the reading fluency practice aloud.
  • Sit facing each other if possible, for better concentration.
  • If a page is very easy, move on to the next.
  • If it’s slow going, read the page again.
  • This exercise involves some repetition, but it is effective for a child who is developing their reading. That is also why it’s important not to do it for too long, but to do a little every day at the child’s own pace.

Evaluation

  • If your child starts with reading fluency practice that turns out to be too easy, no harm done – just move on to the next level. Likewise, if the practice is too difficult, choose an easier level.
  • Don’t be afraid to repeat a reading fluency exercise or a page. Practice is the point here, not finishing.
  • Repetition gives stability to reading ability and builds confidence when reading texts.

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