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BooksTips For Getting Started

General Tips:
  • Choose a book with your child
  • Hold the book while reading
  • Show the illustrations
  • Discuss parts of the story - ask your child to guess what comes next
  • Discuss the "BIG IDEA" of the story
  • Have fun! Reading things that the whole family can enjoy
  • Provide a quiet and welcoming atmosphere
  • Choose books that expand your child's horizons
  • Use expressive voices and make up sound effects for different characters and actions
  • Read slowly
  • Make sure to answer questions that your child might ask about the story


Tips for babies:
  • Make reading fun
  • It is never too early to start reading to your child
  • Read everything you see to them
  • Sing songs to them
  • Start a tradition of bed time stories
  • Make sure you children grow up seeing you read often
  • Always have books in the diaper bag


Tips for toddlers:
  • Let toddlers handle books
  • Answer questions about the story and pictures
  • Take books in the car to read or when you will have to wait (lines, appointments, restaurants)
  • Create a special book shelf for children to access their own books
  • Give books and magazines as gifts


Tips for older children:
  • Have children read aloud to you and their brothers and sisters while you do chores

 

 

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