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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

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

CONTENTS

• Credits
• 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
• Resources
• Acknowledgments
• What Can We Do To Help Our Children Learn