Recommendations for Parents
1. Read aloud to your child as often as possible. Remember that children of all ages love to hear books read aloud.
2. Talk about what you read. Language and thinking skills develop when children talk.
3. Encourage your child to read to others. Brothers, sisters, grandparents and friends enjoy sharing favorite stories.
4. Let your child see you reading a variety of printed material: newspapers, magazines, books, forms, recipes, etc. Parents are the most important role models.
5. Provide opportunities to write. Allow your child to make grocery lists, and send thank you letters, write notes to friends and relatives, and even keep a journal/diary.
6. Subscribe to children's magazines to encourage reading at home. Examples include "American Girl", "Kids Discover" and "National Geographic World".
7. Supply book baskets in the kitchen and bathroom.
8. Provide your child with a bed lamp in his/her room. Give him/her the privilege of staying up an extra 20 minutes to read in bed to taste the pleasure of reading.
9. When encouraging your child to read, be aware of your child's interests and feelings, and try to help him/her to find books that would relate to him/her.
10. Work on projects of interest with your child that require reading skills-building a bird house, growing a garden, planning and cooking a meal (following a recipe).
11. Get a library card for your child. Make visiting the library a special weekly event.
12. Make sure your child owns some books. Encourage relatives to give books as gifts.
13. Monitor television viewing and video game playing. Set time limits.
2. Talk about what you read. Language and thinking skills develop when children talk.
3. Encourage your child to read to others. Brothers, sisters, grandparents and friends enjoy sharing favorite stories.
4. Let your child see you reading a variety of printed material: newspapers, magazines, books, forms, recipes, etc. Parents are the most important role models.
5. Provide opportunities to write. Allow your child to make grocery lists, and send thank you letters, write notes to friends and relatives, and even keep a journal/diary.
6. Subscribe to children's magazines to encourage reading at home. Examples include "American Girl", "Kids Discover" and "National Geographic World".
7. Supply book baskets in the kitchen and bathroom.
8. Provide your child with a bed lamp in his/her room. Give him/her the privilege of staying up an extra 20 minutes to read in bed to taste the pleasure of reading.
9. When encouraging your child to read, be aware of your child's interests and feelings, and try to help him/her to find books that would relate to him/her.
10. Work on projects of interest with your child that require reading skills-building a bird house, growing a garden, planning and cooking a meal (following a recipe).
11. Get a library card for your child. Make visiting the library a special weekly event.
12. Make sure your child owns some books. Encourage relatives to give books as gifts.
13. Monitor television viewing and video game playing. Set time limits.