Appropriate age group(s) or grade(s):
Pre-K and up.

Estimated time to complete activity (if applicable):
At least 15 minutes a day.

Materials needed (if applicable):
Books your child enjoys!

Instructions or description of technique:
1. Find a quiet space in your house to sit with your child.

2. Let them read out loud to you.

3. Take turns reading pages from your story.

4. Be encouraging, help them sound out words, give clues to learn basic phonetic rules (e.g., ??sounds like ?).

5. Ask questions about the story. Is your child comprehending what they read (e.g., identifying the main character of the story and predicting what is going to happen)?

6. Find children? magazines that have short, interesting articles that your child can read quickly.

7. Supply a variety of reading options to excite the reading mind.

8. Place a star on a special reading chart after every book that your child completes.

9. Have continuous conversations on what they are learning, find out what they want to know more about and help them to seek it out!

10. Visit your local library to find interesting books on many different subjects.