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Reading Tips for Parents
 

How can I help my child be ready to read and ready to learn? How do I know a good early reading program when I see one? You can find the answer to these questions and more in this handbook. You also can find some simple ideas to help make your child a strong reader.

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Reading Tips for Parents

 

Graphic of several different children engaged in reading with adults Talk to your infant and toddler to help him learn to speak and understand the meaning of words. Point to objects that are near and describe them as you play and do daily activities together. Having a large vocabulary gives a child a great start when he enters school. More>> [PDF, 141KB]

 

Reading Tips for Parents. U.S. Dept of Education/Office of Intergovernmental & Interagency Affairs. 2003. English. [PDF, 141KB].



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