If you are waiting in the doctor s office take this waiting time and turn it into reading time. Write letters to your child, even if they are in pictures, signs, or single words at the beginning. Continue to write letters throughout their school days. Encourage your child to write notes, letters to their grandparents, friends, etc. Also encourage friends and relatives to write back.
Nothing is more exciting to a child than receiving a reply .
Leave messages around the house or in your child s lunch bag for them to read. Dear Kelly, Please feed the cat when you get up. Maybe all the messages won t have follow through but at least the opportunity for them to read is there. Remember to expect your child to communicate with you and vice versa, no matter what it takes.