Be a model. Let your children see you reading.

Read aloud to your child.

Encourage your child to read at home. The two most significant indicators of children's success in school/reading are:

*Parental involvement in children's education

*Voluntary reading at home

(Postlewaite, T.N. & Ross, K.N. (1992). Effective Schools in Reading. The Hague: International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement.)

Provide a quiet place for reading, varied material of interest to the child, and time for reading.

Read and discuss books with your child.
Get a library card and use it.

Subscribe to magazines of interest to your child.

Good readers interact with the text by predicting, visualizing, asking questions, connecting to their own experiences and prior knowledge, and summarizing what they have read.

Good readers monitor their comprehension and recognize when they do not understand what they have read. They use fix-up strategies such as rereading, figuring out words they do not know, and using illustrations and graphic aids to help with understanding.

Reading is a THINKING activity. Readers must think while they read.