1. Let your child see you reading and talk with enthusiasm about books.

2. Read with your child, maybe in a comfy chair or with a stuffy.

3. Ask your child questions about what he or she is reading:

   • ​What is the story about?

   • Tell me about the characters in the story?

   • What do you like about the story? What would you change?

   • What do you think will happen next? Why?

   • What have you learned?

4. Offer a variety of reading materials; fictional stories, factual books, comics, graphic novels, poems, online stories, joke books, magazines, etc.

5. Browse for reading materials at the library or in bookstores.

6. Respond to a text:

   • Draw a picture, comic or alternate cover page.

   • ​​Write a letter to a character, a journal entry by a character or sequel story.

   • Create a crossword puzzle, word search or book review.

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