Tips For Raising Readers:

*Model reading and writing behaviors.

*Read aloud to children.

*Encourage interaction with books.

*Assist students in relating what they've read to real-life situations and personal experiences.

*Provide meaningful opportunities to write (postcards, letters, thank-you notes, diaries, lists, travel journals.)

*Share your writing with children.

*Encourage trial and error.

*Write messages to children and encourage a response.

*Provide a specific space and a variety of materials to encourage writing.

by Jeanette Scheibal-Thomas