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Take your children to see a local storyteller or be one yourself.  Don’t forget to improvise different voices or wear a silly hat to make the story that much more interesting!

Set aside a special time each day that you and your child devote to reading. Before bed, at breakfast and before dinner are common times for many families with busy school and activity schedules. For example, your child can read to you while you wash the dinner dishes or you can read to your child from the newspaper as she eats her breakfast. Even if it’s only 15 minutes a day, you’re encouraging lifelong reading.

A special nook - Create a special place for you and your child to read. It could be a favorite chair, a couch, a child’s bed, or outside under a tree or by a lake.

Share your stories - Telling stories from your personal life is a fun way to teach values, pass on family history and build your child’s listening and thinking skills. Your child might someday want to write the stories down in a book for a class project.