| As a parent, you are the most important
teacher your child will ever have. We hope these resources will
be helpful. Please let us know how we may improve this page.
Contact us with questions and suggestions. 
 Local
Resources for Parents:
Pima
County Public Library
Pima County Parenting Coalition
Child & Family
Resources
The
Parent Connection
Parent
Aid
Our
Family Services
Childcare
Resource and Referral
Pima
County Health Department
Parenting
Arizona
United
Way's Born Learning Campaign
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 Literacy Resources:
Mulitinomah
County Library - Early Literacy Resources
Early
Literacy in a Nutshell
The
Soho Center
Clearinghouse
Reading, English, & Communication!
America
Reads
Starting Out Right: A Guide to Promoting
Children’s Reading Success A parenting book – online!
Grade Level: Pre-K-2, 3-4, Parents
Big
Dreams - A Family Book About Reading (October 2006)
Dad's
Playbook: Coaching Kids to Read (September 2006)
Fun Ways to Encourage Your Children to Read - University of Illinois
Top
Ten Reading Tips for Parents
A
Child Becomes a Reader: Proven Ideas for Parents from Research--Kindergarten
through Grade Three
Put
Reading First: Helping Your Child Learn to Read - A Parent Guide
Use
Food To Teach Your Child The Alphabet - LiteracyNews.com
Successful
Childhood Learning Starts with Reading Aloud
- LiteracyNews.com
PREPARING
YOUR CHILD COGNITIVELY TO READ - LiteracyNews.com
Teaching
Your Child How To Track Helps Early Literacy - LiteracyNews.com
Hand-eye
coordination and visual discrimination key to literacy - literacyNews.com
How
to raise a reader: Lessons in literacy - LiteracyNews.com
The
Effect of Family Literacy Interventions On Children's Acquisition
of Reading (October 2006)
Steps
You Can Take To Encourage Literacy - Creswell Chronicle - OR
Back to top  Choosing
a Learning Environment:
What
To Look For In A Quality Preschool Program
10
Signs of a Great Preschool
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 Top Five Ways for Adults to Encourage
a Love of Books and Reading
1. Read with an enthusiastic voice. Use
different voices for the different characters.
2. Children like to be part of the story. If the story is repetitive,
encourage children to join in with repetitive phrases like, “Chicka,
chicka, boom, boom. Will there be enough room?”
3. Ask children what they think will happen next or what one of the
characters should do. This will help your child practice language
and thinking skills.
4. Ask your child to explain what they see in the pictures. For infants
point to the picture and name the objects. Eventually your infant
will be able to point to the cow when you ask them to. Preschoolers
love to experience the story through the pictures. Ask your preschooler
to explain what they see in the pictures.
5. Set aside a special time to read to your child every day. He or
she will anticipate story time and associate the positive parent-child
bond with reading. Back
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