These tips are great to help your student to be ready to read when they are at home.

1. Talk to your infant and toddler to help them learn to speak and understand the meaning of words.
2. Read to your baby every day starting at 6 months of age.
3. Use songs, sounds, gestures, and words that rhyme to help your baby learn about language.
4. Point out the printed words in your home and other places you take your child such as the grocery store.
5. Take children’s books and writing materials with you whenever you leave the home.
6. Create a quiet, special place in your home for your child to read, write, and draw.
7. Help your child see that reading is important.  Set a good example.
8. Limit the amount and type of television you and your child watch.
9. Reach out to libraries to help find age-appropriate books to use at home.