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Read to your new baby
• Greeting Cards
• Newspapers
• Cereal Boxes
It’s the sounds that are important.
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Introduce simple picture and storybooks as the baby
grows. The shapes and colors will delight and listening leads to learning.
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Make regular visits to the library. Let children select
their own books.
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Read to your child everyday. Find the same time to
read each day, for example, before bedtime.
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Have children read aloud while you cook, iron, sort laundry
or do other work. Ask older children to read to the younger ones.
The older child will be proud of her skills while the younger child will
want to read like the older one.
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Use television to encourage reading. Read more about
the people, places and things that interest your family on TV.
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Keep plenty of reading materials in your home. Let
your children see you reading and then tell them about what you read.
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Say rhymes, raps, poetry and sing songs. Rhymes help
children learn letter sounds and are easy to remember.
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Get your child books to own. Store children’s books
on a low shelf that they can reach.
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Give books as gifts. Let your children know you think books
are special.
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There’s Always Room for a Book
Books make waiting easier for everyone. Don’t leave
home without one.
• Carry a book in the baby’s diaper bag.
• Bring books along to doctor’s and dentist’s offices.
• Keep books in the car for kids. Let one parent read
while the other drives or have older siblings read to younger ones.
When and Where to Read
• At bedtime
• While in the bathtub
• While on the potty chair
• When you are shopping
• Anytime! Anyplace!
Reading aloud may be the most important thing you can
do to help your child develop a love of reading.
Reading aloud is
for everyone: mothers, fathers, aunts, uncles, older brothers and sisters,
grandparents and friends! |
