Tips on Reading
with Young Children
- Choose books on topics that interest
children
- Select books with clear and colorful
pictures
- Make sure to hold the book so all children
can see the pictures
- Change your voice to reflect the sound of
different characters
and portray different
emotions
- Pause to ask what the children think will
happen
- Encourage discussion about the story
- Read favorite books often
- Select books that highlight themes in the
shows children like
- Discuss similarities between the stories and
the shows
- Encourage children to “read” to you
- Help children to “write” their own books, by
writing down their words exactly as they say
them
- Keep paper and crayons available so they can
make their own books whenever they wish
- Listen to the stories on Reading Rainbow
together
- Make reading time a special time of fun
& togetherness
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Tips for Watching
TV is fine when…
- it encourages thinking.
- it engages children to participate.
- it entertains
- it inspires children to want to learn more
about their world.
TV can be a problem when…
- it exposes children to violence.
- it deals with inappropriate subjects.
- it dominates too much time.
- it encourages children to buy things they
don’t need.
- it presents gender, racial, or cultural
stereotypes.
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Read to
Succeed 
Nurture your children’s eagerness to read
through these book
suggestions and fun activities!
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