Tips for Reading With Your Child

These proven tips will help parents encourage a love of reading and learning in their young children:  

• Begin reading with your child at a very early age, before he or she can talk or even sit up.
• Read with your child for at least a short time every day.
• Hold your child in your arms or sit close while reading.
• Keep a good supply of reading materials in your home and let your child see you reading or learning to read.
• Limit TV and video game time.
• Provide paper and lots of writing materials.
• Use errands and everyday activities to build vocabulary, discuss the names, colors, shapes, and sizes of things that you see.
• The most important thing is to talk to your child! The more words your child hears, the better prepared he or she will be to become a good reader and a successful student.