Reading and Learning Habits

Readers grow strong minds, big imaginations and a lifelong love of learning.

Why this matters (for parents): Read aloud every day, even to older kids. Keep books everywhere, visit the library often, and let kids choose some books themselves. Short, regular learning time beats long sessions.

On a cushioned window seat by bookshelves, a boy offering a girl a red picture book while she holds a bowl of apple slices

Lessons

  1. Why Reading Mattersreading builds your brain, your words and your imagination.
  2. A Daily Reading Routineread at the same time every day, like after lunch or before bed.
  3. Reading Aloud Togethertake turns reading pages with a grown-up or a brother or sister.
  4. Choosing Good Bookspicture books, chapter books, poems and true books about real things.
  5. Library Adventuresget a library card and visit often with a grown-up.
  6. Asking Questions and Being Curiousask who, what, where, when, why and how.
  7. Learning Every Dayshort practice, a quiet spot, and breaks to move and stretch.
  8. My Reading Logwrite down every book you finish and how it made you feel.

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