Family Literacy Tips: From A to Z
Always ask your child questions about the story to make sure they understand, such as: who? what? when? where? why? & how?
Book family time to read with your children every day...as little as 15 minutes!!!
Create a special reading place in your home, with your child's favorite books within reach.
Demonstrate a love for reading with trips to book stores or the library!
Encourage your child to read words on TV, newspapers, magazines, cereal boxes, street signs, mugs and T-shirts.
Find new stories to read with your children every week. Vary their length and subject matter.
Give books or magazine subscriptions as gifts.
Have your child read to you.
International Literacy Day is held on September 8 every year. Celebrate the day by picking up a book and reading
to a child.
Just read together!
Keep your children reading. Give them books, newspaper articles and magazines about things that interest them – music,
movies, TV and computers.
Let your child know how important reading is for you at work!
Make every day a reading day!
Newborns benefit from reading too! Read to them!
Organize a book club with your child's friends in your neighborhood. It is fun when everyone reads the same book!
Play word games with your child such as Scrabble, Boggle, Ruzzle, Word Up, or Scattegories.
Quiet, cozy reading spaces are good places for your child to read independently.
Remember, children learn by example – if you recognize the importance of reading, your children will too!
Summarize that! Have your child retell what he or she just read using his or her own words.
Treat your child to a story a day from the newspaper or a magazine you are reading!
Use closed caption on the television to get your child to read as they view their favorite show!
Visualize! Ask your child to draw a character or a scene from a story.
Write a letter to the author with your child explaining how much he or she enjoyed the book.
X-ercise your mind! Just like with the muscles in your body, if you don't exercise your brain often, you will not maintain the same level of reading ability as you get older.
You are the key to improving your child's reading ability by placing a high priority on reading in your home.
Zap off the TV - pick up a book instead!
Always ask your child questions about the story to make sure they understand, such as: who? what? when? where? why? & how?
Book family time to read with your children every day...as little as 15 minutes!!!
Create a special reading place in your home, with your child's favorite books within reach.
Demonstrate a love for reading with trips to book stores or the library!
Encourage your child to read words on TV, newspapers, magazines, cereal boxes, street signs, mugs and T-shirts.
Find new stories to read with your children every week. Vary their length and subject matter.
Give books or magazine subscriptions as gifts.
Have your child read to you.
International Literacy Day is held on September 8 every year. Celebrate the day by picking up a book and reading
to a child.
Just read together!
Keep your children reading. Give them books, newspaper articles and magazines about things that interest them – music,
movies, TV and computers.
Let your child know how important reading is for you at work!
Make every day a reading day!
Newborns benefit from reading too! Read to them!
Organize a book club with your child's friends in your neighborhood. It is fun when everyone reads the same book!
Play word games with your child such as Scrabble, Boggle, Ruzzle, Word Up, or Scattegories.
Quiet, cozy reading spaces are good places for your child to read independently.
Remember, children learn by example – if you recognize the importance of reading, your children will too!
Summarize that! Have your child retell what he or she just read using his or her own words.
Treat your child to a story a day from the newspaper or a magazine you are reading!
Use closed caption on the television to get your child to read as they view their favorite show!
Visualize! Ask your child to draw a character or a scene from a story.
Write a letter to the author with your child explaining how much he or she enjoyed the book.
X-ercise your mind! Just like with the muscles in your body, if you don't exercise your brain often, you will not maintain the same level of reading ability as you get older.
You are the key to improving your child's reading ability by placing a high priority on reading in your home.
Zap off the TV - pick up a book instead!