Many things that you do at home on a daily basis will help your children the most. The activities described below benefit all children.

1. Set aside a special reading time. Tell your child you look forward to and enjoy your reading time together. Children who are read to - read.
2. Listen to your child. Oral language experience is also a foundation for literacy.
3. Talk to your child.
4. Make time to play with your child.
5. Solve problems with your child, instead of for him or her.
6. Have your child count everything and anything.
7. Write stories out as your child dictates them. Children love to see their ideas in print.
8. Praise your child whenever possible.
9. Talk with your child about school and everyday events.
10. Supervise homework. Give your child a quiet place to work, and check that assignments are completed.
11. Encourage exercise and good nutrition.
12. Encourage your child to write.
13. Broaden your child's horizons by taking him or her to parks, museums, libraries, zoos, and historical sites. All these places offer fun learning experiences.
14. Tell your child education is important, and encourage him or her to do well in school.
15. Children do not know intuitively how to behave; kindly but firmly teach your child.
16. Help your child get a library card from the public library. Take your child to the library as often as possible.
17. Help your child pick out interesting books to read.
18. Talk to your child about subjects that interest him or her.
19. Give your child his or her own place to keep books.
20. Write notes to your child. Leave them to be found in special places - under pillows, in lunches, or in favorite books.