 One way to improve a child's reading ability is to ask them questions as they're reading a book together. You can ask them questions that lead to discussion, requiring more than just yes or no answers, and they can be about things like the story, the characters, or any connections they can make with the book and their own lives. Here are a few suggestions for questions you could ask. What do you think will happen next? Which words best describe this character? Why do you think the character did this? How would you have felt if you were this character? Or... What about the story is similar to your own life? And you can come up with several of your own questions as you're reading through the book together. Asking questions while reading to a child will encourage them to be a more active reader and to think more critically about what they are reading.