Who Can Read?
Parent Grandparents Aunts and Uncles Brothers and Sisters Child care providers Friends Anyone!
Where Can I Read?
- At bedtime, bath-time or naptime
- Waiting at the doctor, dentist's office or restaurant
- In line at the grocery store
- At a playground, pool, or beach
- Using story tapes in the car
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Give the gift of reading with books for the special ittle ones in your life. Need ideas? Try the searchable book database on our website.
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Why Read Aloud to Your Child?
 Reading aloud is important for your child's early brain growth. Children who are read to from birth are more likely to develop the skills and understandings that will help them when they enter school and for their whole lives!
When you make the choice to read to your child you help:
- build understandings of how stories work,
- build vocabulary,
- build knowledge about the world around us,
- build awareness of different kinds of texts,
- build awareness of sounds in words and
- build a love of literacy that lasts a lifetime!
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Brain-building Read Aloud Tips
- Read aloud to your child every day.
- Read for just a few minutes at first.
- It's OK if you don't finish the book!
- Hold your baby close while you read.
- Find a special time to read like bedtime, naptime or bathtime.
- Answer your child's questions by reading from a book or website.
- Talk about the colors, letters and objects you see on the page.
- Ask your child questions about the story.
- Keep books where children can get them.
- Try different types of books like poetry, stories, information books, joke books, and cookbooks.
- Read more than books like magazines, road signs, maps, and email messages.
- Take books with you everywhere.
- Let your child see you reading.
- Most of all, make sure the time spent reading together is fun!
Time spent reading is time spent brain building!
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