Help your child become a reader

Reading research has shown that there are six skills that children must know before they can learn to read. You can have fun helping your child develop these skills by:

1. Sharing the fun of reading
2. Helping your child learn new words
3. Helping your child learn the names and sounds of 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

Information about literacy
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.

"Hear and say" reading
How we read to children is as important as how often we read.  Learn about a reading method that maximizes language learning for your child.