"Share a book with a child and share a moment of love."
P.K.Hallinan

2) Make reading stories a bedtime treat.  This is the perfect way to end the day together.

3) Be enthusiastic about reading.  Your child will follow your example.

4) Read part of a longer story out loud to children everyday.  They can't wait to find out what will happen next.

5) Have children copy down letters or words.  This helps them develop an interest in writing as well as reading.

6) Pin up your child's work in a prominent place at home.  Use the "Refrigerator Portfolio Magnet" we made for you at Parent Information Night.

7) Take your child on a weekly fieldtrip to the Library.

8) Give books for birthdays, Christmas, and other holidays. 

"A book is a present that you can open again and again."

Children at this age begin learning to read and continue reading to learn for life.  Together we need to show your child how much fun reading can be.  Our mission in life is to encourage children and make reading a rewarding experience that they will remember for a lifetime.

"Readers aren't born, they're made."
Jim Trelease

Mother Read To Me
When I was just a little girl,
My mother read to me.
First Mother Goose, then fairy tales,
The classics, poetry.

She sat beside my bed each night,
Reading stories old and new.
She instilled in me a love for books,
Because she loved them, too.

A mother, now, I love to read,
Here in my rocking chair.
A little one held in my lap
What special time we share.

I wouldn't trade my childhood,
For wealth or royalty.
Because when I was growing up,
My mother read to me.
Dawn E. McCormick, Texas