The following suggestions will help make reading enjoyable

• read slowly and talk about the pictures

• read the same book more than once

Involve young children by having them

• look at the pictures on the cover and inside the book

• talk about the cover and guess what might happen

• follow the words with their finger

• turn the pages

• join in when they know what comes next

• make sound effects for a story

• use a different voice for each character

• use a finger puppet or sock puppet to read a story

• invite friends over for “a read aloud party” and make it special by having a treat such as a bowl of blueberries to go with the book Blueberries for Sal