-Ben Sweetland
* Make reading together a special time.
* Visit the library regularly
* Let your children see you reading.
* Read all kinds of things together- ENVIRONMENTAL PRINT (food labels, magazines, street signs etc...)
* Fill your home with opportunities to read,
* Keep reading aloud even after your children learn to read.
-Move your finger under the words as you read.
-Let your child help turn the pages.
-Take turns reading words or sentences or pages.
-Pause and ask open-ended questions such as, "How would you feel if you were that person?" or "What do you think might happen next?"
-Look at the illustrations and talk about them.
-Change your voice as you read different characters' words. Let your child make up voices.
-Keep stories alive by acting them out.
