Birth to 2- years old
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Have your child hold the book.
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Point to words in books with few words
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Have them track the words on the page while holding their finger. Go from left to right.
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Read aloud labels, signs, menu, etc..
2 to 5- years old
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Point to some of the words as you say them
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Have your child turn the pages
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Have your child walk you through the story and tell it to you
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Hold the book upside down and see what they do
I don’t have a lot to add to these ideas. They are all basic skills needed to interact with a book and the written word in the world around them. They just need to be practiced over and over again. I don’t mean until your child is bored with them. I do mean until they seem to own them.