Retell familiar stories or sing nursery rhymes together while in the car, at bath time or waiting for someone/something.
Read aloud with your child everyday.
Let your child hold the book and turn the pages.
Select books that describe familiar experiences, concepts and objects.
Draw attention to illustrations when reading to your child.
Encourage your child to predict what the book or story is about by looking at the cover and the pictures inside.
Read and talk about printed material together – at the supermarket, on the television, on street signs, shops, advertising, on computer screens.
Talk about letters and words, their look, sound and meaning.
Sometimes point to the words as you read.
Make words on the refrigerator with magnetic letters.
Use a Sketch Pad that can be erased for practising writing letters and words.
Make it fun by reading a specially chosen book outdoors or in an unusual place - at the park or beach.
Play word games like Scrabble, Boggle or Bingo.
Use recorded books for a change to keep reading interesting.
Visit the library regularly. Many libraries provide age-appropriate or themed reading sections and reading activities for pre-schoolers as well as older children.
Encourage older children to use a map, telephone directory or street directory.
Keep a diary, journal or holiday scrapbook to include such things as movie or park entrance tickets, postcards and brochures.
Encourage continued use of your home language if it is not English and read to your child in your home language too if possible.
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