Helping Your Child Become a Reader

Included in the booklet (PDF file):

• Becoming a Reader

  • Talking and Listening
  • Reading Together
  • Learning about Print and Books
  • Early Efforts to Write
  • Reading in Another Language
  
  

• Activities

  • Baby Talk
  • Books and Babies
  • Chatting with Children
  • As Simple as ABC
  • What Happens Next?
  • A Home for My Books
  • A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
  • Rhyme with Me: It's Fun, You'll See!
  • Match My Sounds
  • Take a Bow!
  • Family Stories
  • Write On!

• Other Ways to Help

  • Visiting the Library
  • Learning with Computers
  • Taking Charge of TV

• If You Think There's a Problem

• A Reading Checklist

• Typical Language Accomplishments for Children, Birth to Age 6

• Resources for Families and Caregivers

• Resources for Children

• Simple Strategies for Creating Strong Readers

• No Child Left Behind