Best parenting practices to help children acquire high level literacy skills

• Reading aloud develops a child’s brain.
• Read to your newborn; even babies benefit from being read to.
• Make reading aloud part of your family routine.
•  Read to your child at least once a day.
• Minimize the distractions of all technological devices.
•  Let the child choose the books.
• Help children find the books they want to read.
• Read slowly and interact with the story.
• Children need to see parents reading.