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Make 15 minutes go a long way.
Try these quick reading activities with your younger child.
1. License to read. On
car trips, make it a game to point out and read license plates,
billboards, and interesting road signs.
2. Better than TV. Swap
evening TV for a good action story or tale of adventure.
3. Look and listen. Too
tired to read aloud? Listen to a book on tape and turn the book's
pages with your children. You'll still be reading with them!
4. Labels, labels, labels.
Label things in your children's room as they learn to name them.
Have fun while they learn that written words are connected to
everyday things.
5. Pack a snack, pack a book.
Going someplace where there might be a long wait? Bring along a
snack and a bag of favorite books.
6. Recipe for reading.
The next time you cook with your children, read the recipe with
them. Step-by-step instructions, ingredients, and measurements are
all part of words in print!
7. Shop and read. Notice
and read signs and labels in the supermarket. Back home, putting
away groceries is another great time for reading labels.
8. Your long-distance lap.
Away on a business trip? Take a few books with you, call home, and
have your child curl up by the phone for a good night story.
9. A reading pocket. Slip
fun things to read into your pocket to bring home: a comic strip
from the paper, a greeting card, or even a fortune cookie from
lunch. Create a special, shared moment your child can look forward
to every day.
10. A little longer? When
your child asks to stay up a little longer, say yes and make it a
15-minute family reading opportunity.
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