I cannot stress enough the benefits of reading - vocabulary increases, better pronunciation, words recognition, writing improves, acquiring new knowledge, sparks creativity & imagination, self-confidence increases, ability to learn by themselves, etc.
Ask your child to read a French book each day on the classroom website and ask him or her to tell you what it is about. Listen him say the French words, ask him or her questions, what they mean.
Is the pronunciation similar to the audio text? Does he or she really understood the story? And if your child is able to retell the story in French, then he or she is making very good progress.
Keep track of each book your child read. We expect the child to be able to read a GB+ book - level 6.
