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Reading Tips for Parents

By: Reading Rockets (2008)

A child's success as a reader begins much earlier than the first day of school. Reading, and a love for reading, begins at home. Our one-page Parent Tips offer easy ways for parents to help kids become successful readers. Although we've divided these tips by age, many of them can be used with children at various ages and stages — we encourage you to choose the ones that work best for your child.

Click below to see these tips online or download them as a PDF:

Parent tips

A downloadable handout, for parents of children in preschool to grade 3, is also available below in the following languages:

Find other downloadable tips and guides in our Guides section.

For more information about reading together with your child, browse the articles, multimedia, and other resources in Topics A-Z: Reading Together.

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