• Children learn to read by reading
• Set aside a reading time that’s good for everyone
• Read together. Take turns or have one person read
• Fill your home with reading materials of all sorts
• Be caught reading yourself
• Listen to and tell stories
• Use writing and drawing to share ideas
• Sing songs, chant rhymes
• Read every day that you eat!
• Chat about everything, all the time.

Great Authors to Read Aloud:

• books by Dr. Seuss, like Fox in Socks
• books by Sandra Boynton, like But Not the Hippopotamus
• books by Robert Munsch, like The Paperbag Princess
• books by Julia Donaldson, like The Gruffalo
• books by Gene Zion, like Harry the Dirty Dog

Other Resources:

• Kids Reads
• Roy the Zebra