WRITE AND TALK, TOO

While reading with your child is most important, there are other activities that help to get children ready to read. With a solid foundation, your child will not only read, but will read with enthusiasm.

Learning to read is part of learning language. It's like leaning to catch a ball. The child must learn to watch the ball when it is thrown, to step into it, and to place their hands to make the catch. It's a single event made up of three acts. After a while they learn to do all three at once.


The same is true of learning language. When we use language, we speak words out loud, we read words on paper, and we write. This section has activities that encourage your child to

* Speak

* Read

* Write

* Listen

Begin long before you expect your child actually to read, and continue long after your child is an independent reader.

Now, turn the page and start enjoying language.