Help your child get ready to read in school:
- LOVE BOOKS
Print motivation: being interested in and enjoying books.
 Show your child that reading together is fun. see Favorites for Toddlers
- USE BOOKS
Print awareness: understanding that print has meaning; noticing print everywhere, not just in books; knowing how to handle a book.
For fun, hold a book upside-down to your children can notice that something is "wrong." see books with Word Awareness.
- NEW WORDS
Vocabulary: knowing the names of things.
Read books about things that interest your children. Ask librarians about finding easy information books. see True Books
- SEE LETTERS
Letter knowledge: knowing that letters look different from each other; knowing letter names and sounds.
Read A B C books to your child. see ABC Books or Letter Sounds
- MAKE SOUNDS
Phonological awareness: being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds that make up words.
Singing songs is a good way to help your child hear the different parts of a word. see Rhymes & Mother Goose books.
- TELL a STORY
Narrative skills: being able to describe things and events, and tell stories.
Tell your child stories about you and your family. see Stories without Words
ELSIE: Early Literacy Storytime Ideas Exchange
Find books to help children develop early literacy skills.
Parent Guide to Literacy
Pre-Talkers: birth to 2 years (pdf)
Talkers: 2 to 3 years (pdf)
Pre-Readers: 4 to 5 years (pdf)
from the Public Library Association and Association for Library Service to Children.
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