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Help your child become a reader

family reading
Help your child develop important pre-reading skills by:

  1. Sharing the fun of reading
  2. Helping your child learn new words
  3. Helping your child learn about letters 
  4. Encouraging your child to describe things
  5. Helping your child hear the smaller sounds in words
  6. Explaining how written language works

Learn more

Tip sheets
Download printer-friendly literacy tips.

"Hear and say" reading
How we read to children is as important as how often we read. Learn about a powerful way to improve your preschooler's vocabulary.

Books and websites             
Some of the best books and websites for parents and teachers to help children become readers.

Workshops to help your child get ready to read
Learn fun and easy ideas at our free workshops for parents and caregivers.

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