HELPING YOUR CHILD LEARN TO READ

with activities for children
from infancy through age 10

Written by Bernice Cullinan and Brod Bagert
Edited by Kathryn Perkinson
Illustrated by Darlene Marie Francis

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
OFFICE OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH AND IMPROVEMENT

Table of Contents

• Foreword
• Introduction
• The Basics
  • Start Young and Stay with It
  • Advertise the Joy of Reading
  • Remember When You Were Very Young
  • Home Is Where the Heart Is
• Important Things To Know
  • It's Part of Life
  • One More Time
  • Talking About Stories
  • The More, the Merrier
  • How Do I Use This Book?
• Read Along
  • Look for Books
  • Books and Babies
  • R and R: Repetition and Rhyme
  • Poetry in Motion
  • Read to Me
  • Family Reading Time
  • Story Talk
• Write and Talk, Too
  • Tot Talk
  • What's in a Name?
  • World of Words
  • Book Nooks
  • Family Stories
  • Now Hear This
  • P.S. I Love You
  • Easy as Pie
  • Write On
  • TV
  • Make a Book
  • Make Your Own Dictionary
• Parents and the Schools
• A Postscript About Older Children
• Children's Resources
• Parents' Resources
• Acknowledgments

This book is in the public domain. Authorization to reproduce it in whole or in part for educational purposes is granted.

Publication of this book was managed by the Office of Educational Research and Improvement, U.S. Department of Education. Listing of materials and resources in this book should not be construed or interpreted as an endorsement by the Department of any private organization or business listed herein.

Print version prepared April 1993.
Electronic version prepared May 1996 by University of Illinois students Konstantinos Efantis, Donald Gibson, and William Isaacson.

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