Tips for Reading Parents

General Activities Every Day
Put books in places your child will be.
Carry books along to appointments. Poetry: Sing a Song of Popcorn.
Put books beside the bathtub.
Keep books and magazines in your child's room.
Have your child help with the grocery list.
Read recipes: Sandra Sanders' Easy Cooking for Kids
Read road signs.
Get taped recordings of books from the library.
Activities Related to Television
Turn on closed captioning from your remote MENU. Exposure to words is vital.
Watch TV shows based on children's books: Reading Rainbow.
Limit the amount of TV.
Know what TV programs your children watch.
Build bridges between TV shows and Books. Borrow books from the library on programs on National Geographic, etc. Movies are often "based on" books, and the books can be quite different.
Talk with your child about TV programs.
Find a quiet place for you and your child to read.
Activities for Special Times
Buy a birthday book.
Make a rainy day book. Write the sounds of the rain and have your child illustrate them. Rain Talk by Mary Serfoza (Ages 5-7). Get Umbrella by Taro Yashima (Age 3)
Read on snowy days: Ezra jack Keats' The Snowy Day, winner of the Caldecott Medal (Ages 3-6).
Read before vacations.
Read during vacations.
Make a holiday book.
Do crossword puzzles with your child.
FROM: Read to Me: Raising kids who love to Read by Bernice E. Cullinan. Ages 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15