Suggestions for promoting reading at
home:
1. Have many children's books available.
2. Subscribe to children's book clubs.
3. Subscribe to children's magazines.
4. Read predictable books that children can learn
by heart.
5. Take children to the library.
6. Get your children their own library card.
7. Read books on topics which your children show
interest.
8. Take children to book stores.
9. Read from many different genres, poetry,
fiction, nonfiction, songs, chants, etc.
10. Look for books that deal with life situations
that your child may be experiencing.
11.Read to and with your child daily.
12. Have family book talks.
13. Occasionally follow up a book with a related
activity. For example make jam sandwiches together after reading Bread and
Jam for Francis.
14. You
are the best model for your children. Let them see you reading!!