Picture Books: for all ages; includes folktales, humor, imagination, everyday life, etc.

Beginning Readers: for independent reading written at specific grade levels

Novels: includes chapter book stories written at various reading levels; begin reading novels aloud when your child asks you to read for a longer amount of time.

Non-Fiction: includes poetry, cooking, sports, joke books, animals, history, arts & crafts, biographies; written at various reading levels.

Other Materials: newspapers, magazines.

Allow your child to see you reading.

Read with expression; read slowly.

Encourage your child to participate by:
  - asking open-ended questions that make your child think, like "What would you do?"
  - alternate reading with your child. Take turns reading a page or chapter each.

Along with a read aloud time, plan an independent reading time as well.

Keep plenty of reading materials around the house.

Involve your child in selecting books as much as possible.

Matching the right book with the right child takes time. Be patient.

Make sure that you, as the reader, enjoy the story.

If a story isn't working, it is O.K. to stop reading.