Restrict the amount and kind of TV programs your children watch. Explore your neighborhood library together. Books do not have to be new. Purchase used books at yard sales, school book sales, and used book stores. Do not forget writing.
Writing gives children the opportunity to use reading.
Help your children see how people use reading and writing through daily events such as reading aloud a recipe, cards, letters, and writing lists. Read around town traffic signs, labels at stores, or menus in restaurants. Connect reading to computers. Know what is expected of your children's reading at each grade level. Discuss what is being read in the classroom.