Make Reading a Priority

Let's Do This

There is no more important activity for preparing a child to succeed as a reader than reading aloud together. Fill your story times with a variety of books and remember to be consistent and patient.

Here are some tips from Reading Rockets to support literacy development and make reading fun!

• Allow children to choose books that interest them. 
• Talk about the pictures as you read.
• Build vocabulary by focusing on and talking about new words.
• Connect the story to a child’s world.
• Ask questions about the story and encourage children to ask what they are wondering about.

Exposing young children to a wide variety of reading material is an important part of the learning process. By providing them with an assortment of stories, they can discover more to spark their imagination and interests!

Stay Inspired

Do you live in the City of Pittsburgh and know a child younger than 5?

Reading Ready Pittsburgh is a partner of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library which is dedicated to inspiring a love of reading by gifting books free of charge to children from birth to age five. Register today and they can receive a free book in the mail each month until their fifth birthday! 

Dolly Parton's Imagination Library spans five countries and gifts millions of free books each month to children around the world. Visit their website to see if the Imagination Library is available in your community.