"Reading comprehension" is important for improving understanding of Japanese. However, even in subjects other than Japanese, it is important to understand the problem first, so reading comprehension is indispensable.What can I do to improve my child's reading comprehension? It's good to buy a book, of course, but this article will show you more specifically how to improve your child's reading comprehension.What is reading comprehension?Reading comprehension is not limited to "reading sentences" and "understanding the meaning of sentences". Even if you can understand the meaning of the written words, you cannot say that you have reading comprehension. Reading comprehension is the ability to read what you are trying to convey through a story, explanation, or even a few lines of text.Three steps to develop reading comprehension1. Take the opportunity to come into contact with various sentencesIn order to acquire reading comprehension, it is essential to get into the habit of touching the printing type on a daily basis, such as books and newspapers. Children who have been exposed to various sentences tend to be less reluctant to read the sentences. If you do not prevent the feeling of resistance and motivation that you do not want to read when you read a long sentence, you will not be able to read the content deeply.In addition, it is important for parents to show their appearance first so that children in the lower grades of elementary school can read books and newspapers. If parents often read books and newspapers, reading becomes commonplace for their children and it becomes easier for them to get into the habit of reading naturally. The more opportunities your child has in touching books and newspapers, the more knowledge they will have, and the more fun it will be to touch print.If your child isn't interested in books or newspapers, watch a news program with your family, look for newspaper articles with the same theme and read them together, or watch a video such as an anime or movie. Ingenuity such as reading the original book is also effective.2. Get in the habit of looking up words you don't know right awayOnce you have a habit of touching print, it is important to improve your vocabulary. If you come across a phrase you don't understand while reading a sentence, you can imagine the general meaning from the context. However, you can't even imagine that there are too many words you don't understand, and you may be discouraged from reading any more, causing aliteracy. To prevent such a situation, I want to get into the habit of looking up the meaning of unknown words.In the lower grades of elementary school, the ability to remember is much better than adults think. If you have a kanji, phrase, or proverb that you don't know, get in the habit of looking it up in a dictionary. Anyway, daily accumulation is important for vocabulary acquisition. For example, it is good to set a goal such as "learn the meaning of three words a day" and work on it carefully.3. Try to summarize the textWhen the resistance to printing is gone, it's the next step. To improve reading comprehension, it is not enough to understand the feelings of the author and the characters and what they want to say. The test asks you to understand the intent of the text correctly and to output it.To acquire that power, it is very effective to summarize what you have read. Even if it seems difficult at first glance, there are not many things I want to say, even if it is a paper or a long sentence. The point of summarizing the story is to write down "when, where, who, what". Then, the main character and the characters write down the flow of "what happened and what happened".How was it. In order to develop reading comprehension from the lower grades of elementary school, it is ideal to make it a habit to create opportunities to touch many sentences, improve vocabulary, and write summary sentences. As your reading comprehension improves, your ability to correctly understand and output problems in all subjects will also increase.