Don't be afraid to challenge your child's thinking about what you read together. For example you may have read the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff and you may ask your child questions like:
'What was another way the goats could have got across the river instead of using the troll's bridge?'
'What is another way the goats could have asked the troll if they could use his bridge?'
'Why do you think the troll was grumpy?'
Also encourage the children to tell you what the story may be about by looking at the cover and pictures. Early readers use pictures to help them understand what the story is about. By using pictures they can make educated 'guesses' at what words may be on the page and as their letter knowledge increases they will start to match up other 'clues'/cues that they see on the page.
Questioning helps develop children's critical thinking skill (recall, analyzing, inferring, reflection, predicting, evaluation, to name a few).
Remember not to overdo the questioning thing though. Its not an interrogation so one or two will be enough!
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