Here are a few tried-and-tested techniques to help get you started: Before reading a book to your child, read it through once yourself to identify areas you might want to concentrate on. Point at each word with your finger as you read, and encourage your child to follow along. Even before your child can read, [...]
If we want our children to enjoy the companionship of books, we must allow the child’s contribution to the relationship to be wholly salient. We want the child to know that he is relevant to the book. So as we look at a book with a child, we are flexible about how that process goes. [...]
I was struck by an extraordinary thought the other day as I was raking up leaves. We go somewhat overboard with our yard, so every fall we must clean up the falling leaves and dying plants. It’s like a right of passage into winter (whether we want winter to come or not). As I was [...]
