Read daily to your child. Read from a variety of children's books, including fairy tales, song books, poems and information books.

Read your child's favorite over and over again. Set aside special reading time.

Choose stories with rhyming words, ex. Dr. Seuss books.

Visit the library often.

As you read discuss pictures and what is happening in the story.

Practice your child's spelling words/sight words from the classroom using different tools, such as magna-doodle or dry-erase board.

Let your child use paint, crayons or chalk to write letters and words.

Use magnetic letters on the refrigerator or  cookie sheet to build words or put in alphabetical order.

Play 'I Spy', have your child find small words in a book.

Take the time to talk to and listen to your child.  Daily conversations develop language.

ABC puzzles

Memory games.

Ask your child to draw a picture of a part of the story.

Read with emotion.  Reading with emotion draws a child into the story in a way that is much more memorable and enjoyable.

Act out a favorite book or story.

Encourage your child to imagine or share stories from pictures in magazines.

Teach your child rhymes, short poems or songs.

Practice the alphabet by pointing out letters wherever you see them and by reading alphabet books.