1. Read Every Day
* Have a regular place and time to read with your child.
   (Make it part of your daily routine. For example:
   a bedtime story)
* Cozy up with your child in your lap.
* The brain develops from birth to 6 years old, the more
    you do to keep those wheels turning, the more
   developed the brain will be.

2. Reread, Reread, Reread
* This demonstrates how a book works.
* You can change your voice, have fun and be silly, clap
   the rhythm, or stop and let them fill in a word.
* Encourage your child to join in.
* Your child will want to read it over and over because
   he loves the familiar and the delight of knowing what
   comes next.
* Ask your child, "Now you read to me."
* Your child is experiencing "whole book success".
   Your child will learn the book so well, she will
   feel she can "read" it on her own.

3. Learning the Format of the Book
* Your child will learn how to hold a book.
* Your child will learn where to begin and end the book.
* Your child will learn how to turn the page.
* Your child will learn to look at the left page first and
   then the right page.

4. Tracking Under the Print
* Treat your child as a reading partner.
* Move your finger under the words as you read aloud.
* Give your child a turn to track under the words.