Stay At Home Moms
There are simple things that we all can do to help our children become good readers.  This site is for parents, grandparents, seniors, and other concerned citizens to get help with this issue.  Let's help the children by giving them the ability to learn by reading!  Illiteracy is a huge problem in our schools.  We all need to contribute to reading each and every day!
Parents
Read to and with your child every day for 30 minutes.

Talk with infants and young children to develop language skills before they learn to read.

Encourage children to read on their own to enhance their in-school performance.

Set a good example for your children by reading newspapers, magazines and books.

Read and write with your children in your native language.

Restrice the amount and kind of TV your children watch; suggest educational programs.

Make sure your child has a library card and uses it.
Grandparents, Seniors, Concerned Citizens
Become a learning partner or reading tutor to a child in your family or neighborhood.

Volunteer to read with or to a child for 30 minutes, once a week for at least eight weeks.

Encourage community businesses and non-profit organizations to help support community reading programs.

Develop a monthly program at your library, school, community or religious center and invite seniors to discuss their oral histories with children. 
Reading is such an important thing to children.  Our children must understand this importance and we, as adult figures, are the ones to teach them.  Please make a promise to yourself and to your child to help them realize this importance.  Help them read and help them to enjoy it. 
No Wonder the English Language
Is so Difficult To Learn

We polish the Polish furniture.

He could lead if he would get the lead out.

A farm can produce produce.

The dump was so full it had to refuse refuse.

The soldier decided to desert in the desert.

The present is a good time to present the present.

At the Army base, a bass was painted on the head of a bass drum.

The dove dove into the bushes.

I did not object to the object.

The insurance for the invalid was invalid.

The bandage was wound around the wound.

There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row.

They were too close to the door to close it.

The buck does funny things when the does are present.

They sent a sewer down to stitch the tear in the sewer line.

To help with planting, the farmer taught his sow to sow.

The wind was too strong to wind the sail.

After a number of Navocaine injections, my jaw got number.

I shed a tear when I saw the tear in my clothes.

I had to subject the subject to a series of tests.

How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

I spent last evening evening out a pile of dirt.

On tomorrow's date, June 9th, my date and I plan to eat dates on our dates.

Author Unknown.
E-mail me at   drpepperhead@yahoo.com