Do you read like a robot? Step 3.
The next step on the reading train is fluency. Fluency is a fancy way of saying “does your child read and it’s enjoyable to listen to?” We’ve all had the experience, if you’re on this page, to hear a child read and it sounds choppy. It may sound like a robot, it may be hard to listen to, and difficult to follow along. Let me assure you if it’s hard for you to listen to then likely it’s hard for your child to understand what they are reading.
I follow this rule of thumb; A child uses a lot of brain energy on sounding out words if they are reading choppy and disconnected. This means that the child isn’t actually hearing or taking in the literature. This is an issue because we like to say the point of reading is comprehension.
Fluency will come after great work is put into phonics and phonemic awareness. There is no way around this. If your child can’t sound out a word, there is no fluency to sound the word out better. End of story.
Why does this matter?
Your child needs to practice fluency to get better at reading. period. Fluecy makes reading easier to follow for their brain. So, comphrension comes after reading smoothly so the brain can follow along.
How can I help?
You can reread anything! ANYTHING! In fact your child should be rereading. The fact we just bust through books and don’t give them another shot is silly. Your child reads, then forgets and moves on, but rereading is totally okay. In fact they will be better readers if they run through the reading again.
Listening to audio books, this is crutual to hearing what reading should sound like, it’s also like exercising their comprehension brain but without much effort.
Play fluency pretend. Pretend you’re a robot and read a passage your child can read. Have them tell you how fast or slow to read. This will show them how it sounds when it’s choppy.
Play reading goldilocks. Tell them to put a thumb up to read fast, and a thumb down to read slow, and a thumb in the middle when you’re reading just right. This helps them see the difference. Now after you go, make them be the reader.
These are simple was to practice. Below are some of my favorite audio stories read by fellow parents. Philip and mommy even showcases my book!
Storytime with Philip and Mommy: https://open.spotify.com/episode/77Zey7dimDOunn0aHIcdDr?si=00a91fd8231b4e30
Disney story: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4AWAzOeJrB2G40cwusMxvQ?si=0ca4d297ed544321
Storytime with K: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7qCKdjd8jUjiy73BzJm0Bc?si=569eae8611e644ec
Search on spotify or where you listen for Children’s Audio books there are a TON!
Local library for their audio books, you’ll need headphones. Great for long trips.
The great debate
There is much in the education world to debate. Homework, parental involvement, recess numbers, and the most beloved sight words. Can you sense my sarcasm. Reading specialists either love them or hate them depending on what Instagram hole you jump down. One reason to hate them is too much power to place on a word that sometimes can or can’t bememorrized. Some kids get penalized for not having them memorized when they have a dissability that makes this challenging. Sight words don’t play well with our nomral sounds we learn. This is why we have to memorize them/ For me, I don’t see them as pure evil I just see them as something that doesn’t seem to be going anywhere. So I think we have a choice.
Choice one: Go to war.
We could fight our child's teacher and come bearing research that makes a point that sight words do more harm than good. Arm ourselves with solutions to help our teacher make better teaching choices. *** just so you know they love that ;)
Option two: Embrace.
My son is currently learning how to read. Well, he’s continuing the tools I’ve given him, if I’m frank. So even though I see kind of little value out of drilling certain words over and over, I post the lists on my wall. I put the words in his sight at all times, especially ones he’s curiently learning. I know his reading teacher is doing an excellent job because when he reads to me, he’s sounding out words letter by letter, AND when it comes to a sight word, he’s reading them quickly.
Guess what, sight words are likely here to stay. We can all take a breath and settle on this, but when we practice them we give our kid confidence. I’m not saying go out now and get to target to buy flash cards I’m talking exposure. When our son, reads with us at night, or when he notices words in his environment he sees the sight words and he is excited. He recognizes these words, likely becaue he practices them the most at school. Why would I take away his spark? Why wouldn’t I embrace something that’s happening at his school with reading, and let him be.
HOW CAN YOU PRACTICE?
-If you have a child who is wiggily shaving cream will be your best friend. Say the word slowly, and (Like we did with letter sounds here) and trace the words in shaving cream. This goes well for our kids with dyslexia as well.
-Post the sight words around the house.
-Play a game where when you read to them your kiddo finds the sight words ( this will make bedtime longer ;) )
-Find the sight words in movie and show discriptions while watching TV
Enjoy and happy reading!
If you’re a 90s kid this word will trigger.
Phonics phew I said it. If your reading journey was speckled with trouble like mine then this word hits differently. Phonics at its core is matching letter sounds to letter shapes. If we zoom in even further, to strip the power out of letters, they are just little squiggle lines that we’ve all agreed over the years say this sound. If we know how to read, then we know that letters say different things at different times. That’s a whole different post.
Phonics is taking the phonemes we’ve talked about here and attaching them with letter shapes. This is why step one is so crucial. We want to get the kids comfortable with sounds before we move on to attaching a shape to the sound. In my opinion, we don’t want to get ahead of ourselves by jumping straight to letters because it can get overwhelming.
Why does this matter?
We want to get our kids simple confidence because we throw them to the letter wolves so to speak. Phonics is a very large animal, because of the nature of the English language. If this is the method of reading you’re teaching. American English is a hodgepodge, like its people, of different cultures. This means you have Latin, French, German, and many other rules at play with just one mode of language. We want to simplify this large language as much as possible. This also comes with the importance of not overwhelming you the teacher.
The soapbox I’ll jump on is that most of our letter sounds do not say the name we’ve given them over the years, like the letter S. S has two sounds, and at the end of a word, it says a sound like a Z. in a word it can share the sound that C can make, like a snake. So why in the world do we call it “ES” beats me?
Okay, tell me more
This is why doing simple activities makes a world of difference when setting up this reading foundation. Movement and kids are key. According to some research, adding movement to language increases learning by 90%. Why? In our brains, our nerves like to make connections to solidify what we are learning. It helps the lesson become stronger. When we give our brain a movement such as tracing letter shapes in the sand and we feel this with our fingers and say the sounds with our mouth, we’ve given our brain two connections. Just like that the letter has a better chance of sticking in our brains.
This is where you come in.
How can you do this today? Simple, take some shaving cream (or paint, sand, or a maker) show your child one letter, and say the sound or sounds. Slowly, and I mean S L O W LYYYY we want them to be thinking about how the letter they are looking at makes a sound in their mouth. This is like language math SOUND + LETTER SHAPE = READING (Check out this article)
SOUND + LETTER SHAPE = READING
So grab some shaving cream, show them a letter, and say “This is a letter B it says /b/ I push my lips in and together, and I push some air out of my mouth and add a little voice so my vocal cords vibrate. Watch how I write this letter, I go down then I make two bumps, now I’m going to say the sound when I write the letter.”
If you have an older child, then have them practice their sight words, larger letter chucks, like /ough/ or /ing/ silent /e/ words. The more they practice the more they will make brain connections and reading will become their own.
If you’d like a cheat sheet for letter sounds, here is a flash card I’ve made. If you also want to make it cheap and easy ( which I prefer) then take some notecards cut them in half and write the letters on the side in upper case, then lower case.
Thanks for reading, I hope this inspired you to work on some phonics with your kiddo today!
Where do you feel that sound?
Long ago I taught preschool. This preschool was attached to a private Catholic school in Denver all the way to 8th grade. The year I started they started a reading curriculum I loved. It broke down the sounds of each letter, not just A for apple but four total sounds for A. This made sense to me. As I went a long in my career it made even more sense, I did it with my daughter and it helped her tremendously. The only draw back, is that you’ll hear songs say, A is for apple and cringe (much like I do when someone calls it a Nemo fish poor clown fish.) So let’s get into it shall we?
What is it?
Breaking down sounds of letters is much like identifying with key on a piano matches to the note. Stick with me, a piano middle C will make the same pitch every time, so will most letter sound. Now the deep dive is that sounds interact with each other and E next to an A will make them play around. BUT this is withing the rules. We are only right now talking about the letter sounds.
Let’s get fancy
A letter sound is called a phoneme. There are 44 phonemes. Meaning there are only 44 sounds in the English language your mouth has to make. We connect these sounds to the letter or combination of letters that make these sounds. Once we memorize that a certain number of letters together make sounds, then we’ve got the task of putting them togeher and we’re READING. Sounds simple right?
What am I asking you to do?
In order for your child to memorize or know these sounds, we need to practice them. I’m aksing you to break them down slowly in your mouth and have your child do the same. It sounds weird but make the A as in Apple sound. Your mouth is open, air is coming out, and your vocal cords moving. The same thing is happening when you make the O as in orangutang but your mouth and lips move slighly. Go ahead try it, I’ll wait. If we can break this down for our kids, and they come to a letter or string of letters in a long word, we give them power over those sounds. Why? cause we made the early neuro pathways to cement these sounds. It’s long work, but if you pair it with shaving cream and over time it’s fun. Check out this post about it.
If you need a cheat sheet Here you go!
Step one.
Where do I start with my child and reading?
If you said, “Jordan, give me a step-by-step plan to teach my child how to read.” I’d say, NO BIGGIE! For real you could start here.
Phonemic Awareness. It’s a fancy name, not something to be scared about. Phonemic awareness is taking the sounds (Phonemes) that each letter or letter combination is made of and manipulating them. Formally to Reading Rockets
“. . . individual sounds are called phonemes, and children who know about the connection between a letter and its phoneme have an easier time learning to read” (Reading Rockets, 2012).
Phonemic Awareness or P.A. is an important first step because it separates the letter shapes and the sounds. We’re starting from a place most kids are already doing, speaking. Most babies begin by making noises. As caregivers or parents, we take those noises and give them purpose and structure. Let me give you an example with the word Cat we can do a lot of P.A. following this example:
Finally, change the /s/ to a /b/ (substitution)
bat
Take away the /c/ sound (deletion)
sat
Add a /s/ before the word (addition)
scat
Break it apart (Segmenting)
/c/ /a/ /t/
Put it together, (blending)
Cat
START HERE!!! What is the first sound? (isolation)
/c/
Here you took one word and went up and down from Isolation the simplest form of P.A. to substitution the hardest.
Okay, That’s great… Why does this matter??
Your child will learn to read faster when they start with Phonemic Awareness. How do I know? I did this with my kids. It takes the fear out of looking at a letter, basically a scribble when they start, and gives them the confidence to say “Oh B says /b/ like at the beginning of bear. got it!”
So pick a word and practice. Another great thing is to rhyme, the most amazing way to be a phonemic awareness pro!
Here in the shop is a pamphlet in English and Spanish to help you understand Phonemic Awareness more!
What an honor
Here we are short and sweet!
A few weeks ago, “Shout Out Colorado” Reached out to me for an interview. Responding to these questions I was given gave me such a sense of pride in where I had come from, and the hard times I worked through. I truly believe in my cause and my books. So please follow the link below and check out the article!
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Let’s reframe
Much of what we do is a reframe to help get us through life. Let’s say you hate laundry then. If you’re like me you are of faith, then you use this time to pray and be thankful for the bodies that make the clothes dirt. This is your reframe. Psychologists say, “Change the word to GET TO instead of HAVE TO.” I get to wake up in the middle of the night to make my kid feel safe. These reframes get us through.
Then how do we reframe reading?
This is the question I would like you to have about your household. When working and reading with your kids what is the relationship around it? Do you read? Does your child see you get a library book? Is reading used as a punishment in your house? Basically, what does your child think of when it comes to reading?
Despite our regular efforts, reading often turns into a chore for our kids. Thus creating this negative feeling when your kiddo thinks about reading. How did this happen? It doesn’t matter, but the good news is it’s never too late to change this narrative OR too early to start a good reading narrative.
How do I reframe reading?
Start a conversation about reading. Find out where your child is with it, and how do they feel about it. Is it something they enjoy or does it make their stomach hurt just thinking about it? Be honest with your reading journey. I have a download HERE to help with some conversation starters if you’re stuck.
What relationship should I promote?
Reading is truly a hard, well-earned SUPERPOWER. Reading is a right of passage, after hard work. One doesn’t just pick up a book. Early readers struggle to power through and read. Then, after the work, the entire, world opens up to them. They can experience life through a new lens. This is how reading should be portrayed, in my opinion. It’s not easy and they will struggle.
In Johnathon Haidt’s book The Anxious Generation he discusses the analogy of a tree. You see, in the never-ending search for how to live on Mars scientists are trying to grow food or plant life in a large greenhouse. The trees did something very interesting, they grew, looked healthy, then suddenly crushed under their own weight. The discovery was, that plants need wind. They need wind to grow their roots, to become stronger, and to thrive. What does the wind feel like, good or bad? If you’re me, not good. Wind pushes and throws us out of our footing. So let’s picture wind as a struggle, with reading. Wind might look like, struggles with letter shapes or sounds, dyslexia, comprehension issues, working memory challenges, etc. This wind, once endured, will make our kids stronger readers AS LONG AS we reframe the struggles and challenges to move through.
Because what are parents, but live-in cheerleaders?
when your child is interested.
I have a dragon girl. During kindie when our reading train took off we got OBSESSED with “Dragon Girls” The series. This started because we read a chapter book of their choosing after dinner with our kids. I believe she was interested based on peer pressure but peer pressure to read is the best kind. We got a box set from my brother for A’s birthday and we were off!
This love of this series helped my daughter
plant the seed of her love.
WHAT’S HAPPENING SCIENTFICALLY??
She is learning at school how to read, and from the little things I do at home. Then when she doesn’t want to sleep (aided by a special chapter book reading light) she reads at night. This in turn helps her gain confidence, feel excited, and feel quite “grown up.” She uses what she’s learning, and her internal motivation, to practice something hard. Internal, or intrinsic motivation, is linked to your kid’s brain dopamine system. Which is where your kiddo stores pleasure and goals. Without internal motivation, there is no push. Who wants to push through something painful unless they are motivated by the result? Not me.
Reading isn’t a
“Gotta catch ‘em all”
kind of thing, it is a passion thing.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR ME?
Find what your child is interested in. Little fun fact our boys are interested in non-fiction. More than stories like our girls. This means he may want to read a fact book about football and that is perfectly fine. This also means you will need to let them re-read things. Reading isn’t a “Gotta catch ‘em all” kind of thing, it is a passion thing. Meaning, don’t try to tick away book, after book, just for the sake of seeing how many we read. Let them read because they love what they’re reading about.
“What do YOU want to read about?”
and then RUN with it.
WHERE ARE WE NOW?
A. has moved on from her love of the “Dragon Girl” series. As kids do, she grew up a bit and her reading ability outgrew the series. What’s next then? I did some digging at the library and found more dragon series. We are now into “Wings of fire” however we couldn’t quite jump right to the chapter book because they were too tough for her right now. So a fellow book lover mom friend gifted us the graphic novel. THIS was the key! Most kids can’t jump from the one series they love to the next right way, based on ability, motivation, or the like. However, we have to pay attention to what they still like, and try to match their passion. If your kiddo has moved from dragons to mysteries run with that. All I ask is that you ask the important question, “What do YOU want to read about?” and then RUN with it.
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Use what you have.
In the interest of staying on brand, I want to talk about using the tools you have on hand right now. I’m going to assuming in a typical household you will have these three items. Teaching reading is much more simple than you have been told. Teachers have been doing it on very little pay for a very long time, so this means that you have what you need to not only make teaching reading fun, but doable.
Item one:
Shaving cream.
Most of us have shaving cream or could remember to get it at next to nothing at the store. What’s the big idea behind shaving cream? It makes phonics fun! If you’re into sight words, this is an easy way to practice them as well. Here’s the catch, when you say the sound of the letters (Cheat sheet here) slowly and draw attention to how your child is making that sound in using their tongue, voice, and breath then this activity is VERY effective.
Let me give you an example: We’re working with the sound /c/ makes this is two sounds /c/ as in cat
[ made by closing the back of your tongue and top of back of your mouth, and pushing air through] phew that was one sound!!!
Shaving cream + slow sound meathod= learning letter sounds in a fun way!
Why does this matter?
This matters because your child will eventually learn all the sounds, and with the method, you’re slowing down their ability to sound words out. Connecting the right sound to the right letter shape ( Think piano playing one note per key) This matters because when we slow them down and really make that connection in their brain then voilà they are set. They can remember better, is the long and short of it.
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2: Books ( I know, I know…)
This seems like a no-brainer but it’s not. You need books in your house BEYOND your baby shower. Kids’ interests are as finicky as ours one week you’re all unicorns then BAM mermaids. That means the unicorn books you stocked up on, are old news. AH such is life. So you probably got new books and stashed them away, or you can head to the library to freshen things up. Here’s the kicker Let your child pick the books even if it’s a repeat or you hate it. Follow their lead.
How to help?
If they can read, swap pages so they read a little but also get a break from taking the load.
Read in accents of funny noises, gain their interest.
If you have a baby, point to the words, call out new words in the illustrations, and read all the time.
And again, let them pick out the books. If you have classics you love then go for it, but if not just let them do it okay?
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3: Talk a lot with your kids
“But Jordan they talk all the time I have to talk to them more??” Yes, the more you are talking engaging in conversation, the more vocabulary they are learning, and the better readers they will be. It’s really as simple as that.
Why does this matter?
When our child is hearing their native language, they are building vocabulary. When they go to read, they will come across a word they don’t know. They stretch out the word and file in their brain to find the right word and BOOM something from your conversation in the past will creep up and help them read. Books are made of words, therefore, we need to use words to help build our mental filing cabinet.
The more words you speak to them the better access to words they have.
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So that’s it, you can do a reading lesson right here right now. Just go grab some shaving cream, a good book, and have a great conversation.
THE TOOLS YOU ACTUALLY NEED.
Do you ever get upsold on Instagram? Oh man, do I ever. I once bought a headband that makes your hair look like it’s in sunglasses without the actual lenses. So it’s a square-shaped headband. But does it hold my bangs back… no, technically not at all.
Something I have also been known to get suckered into buying is educational tools. I’ve made all the sensory tables possible, all the letter tiles, and most Lakeshore items to boot. What I’ve found out though, is those items do everything but actually teach your kids. You still have to do this on your own. As time has gone by with Woven Reading I have tried so hard to make it equitable, by this I mean I’ve stood by a mantra. “No Materials Needed” This is true, and I think it can be done. Except for books you have to use those but they are free from the Library. So let’s pretend we’re on an island and you need to teach your child to read, all you have is books what else do you need? Below are the 5 things you need to teach your child to read.
Dare I say maybe the only ones you truly need to buy...
First:
Magnet letters that make the vowels and constants different colors. (Sidebar: Once in Spanish class freshman year, I asked what a consonant was, I was laughed out of the room… so embarrassing) ANYWAY
The reason for the different colors is because vowels hold a lot of power. They help other letters say different things, so they are important when learning to read hence the different colors. The consonants don’t change their sound as often so they keep a color.
Letters
Second:
A magnetic dry-erase board. This pairs with the letters above because you need a place to have a child manipulate letters. This works because it’s not just a place to write words, it’s a place to work with the letters. Bigger dry-erase boards are invaluable to teaching. This way we can pull out words to pre-practice, work on word families, and draw silly faces. All the things.
Dry erase
Third:
BOB books. These are very VERY simple books to read. Their purpose is to start reading and gain confidence. These are meant for teaching purposes only. I would encourage you to go to your library and have your kid pick out some easy readers or books, they are interested in. So your kid has buy-in. These books are only meant if you are starting, if your child is older and has a base with books then do the option where they buy their own or pick their own from the Library. Remember the 5-finger method ( Count the words on one random page they don’t know how to read yet. If they get up to 4-5 words on a page, then it’s too hard)
BOB BOOKS
Fourth:
Whisper Phone, this helps your child hear their voice and focuses them on their reading. Helping emphasize mistakes so you can cue them while they read. If you have multiple children it helps focus them to their reading only.
Bonus, This is an excellent accommodation for our friends who have ADD or ADHD. Bonus they really like this, because at the end of the day, kids just want to hear themselves talk.
Whisper Phones
Fifth
A simple way to practice letter shapes. I bought this board on Etsy for too much money. Here in the Amazon link is a simple version. When you pair this board with the correct letter sounds, you've got some serious reading skills starting.
Bonus it’s helping your child gain the hand strength for writing. You can take it anywhere.
Wooden Letter Practice Board
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Teach your child to read.
How to teach your kid to read in 5 steps.
You may be saying “This is too good to be true.” Well, I’m all about honesty. It is and it isn’t. It isn’t because it is simple. It is because it takes time, consistency, and patience. What in life truly is a snap of a finger? Besides maybe a classic dirt and worms recipe. I digress. When you decide you want to help your child read, you’re committing to practicing daily. This could be as simple as reading to them, to as complicated as sitting down and walking about the sounds letters make.
It’s up to you, the level of effort you want to give because this is asking something of you. But you knew that when you googled “How to help my kid read better?” So let’s get started, shall we?
Step one: Phonemic Awareness
This is the first step, not Phonics. If you’re a 90s kid like me this gives your trigger pains. Phonemic awareness is an early reading skill that can be done with your eyes shut. It involves manipulating sounds in words. This skill does not require looking at the letters. Simply you are teaching that words are made up of several sounds together. We can pick out sounds in different positions of words like beginning, middle, and end. For example /c/ /a/ /t/ beginning sound /c/ said like a letter K. When we teach our children to mess with our manipulate sounds they gain confidence with words.
Step 2: Phonics
This one should sound familiar. Connecting the phonemic sounds to their letter shape or the letters that combine to make this sound. Here (with English) we’re going to have to do some memorization. I’m not talking sight words, I’m taking sight sounds. Once your child sees the letters together /ee/ together rhymes with tree and three we’re on the reading train! Things get complicated when we move forward with sounds like /ough/ which technically has 9 sounds (Come on English, what in the world?)
Step 3: Vocabulary
This is tried and true. New words, old words, prefixes, affixes. Think of high school literature class when they tried to sprinkle in some Latin. Here we will be teaching our kids new words and connecting to old words we have already taught them. The trick with this is so simple, reading promotes the use of new words. When you read to your child you are exposing them to vocabulary. The most amazing thing to see is when your child is reading, they come across a word they’ve never read before, then they stretch it out, and BOOM it clicks. This happens because they have exposure to this word.
Step four: Fluency
This step comes when your child has the first three skills. Your child has confidence in their phonics skills, can read a series of words smoothly, and know what they mean. Fluency should sound nice to listen to when your child reads. Not too fast, not too slow. The best way to practice this is to read. No duh, but for real. Re-reading a book is also totally acceptable. I think we as parents want our children to read a ton, but realistically, they just need to read what they like at a level that suits them. Let your child be your guide. Many of our boys also want to read non-fiction LET THEM!
Step Five: Comprehension
This is our final step! You did it, your child knows how to manipulate sounds, read words, and new words, and read smoothly. What now? This is the goal of reading. This can be done after every book, even if you read the book to them. Ask questions! All. The. Time. Questions about illustrations, author intention, character’s choices, questions! The reason we do this is so our children can learn something from reading and then retain what they’ve read. Eventually, in school, they are asked to read and then produce knowledge from reading. That’s when school takes a turn.
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A new endeavor.
It all begins with an idea.
It’s been a road that led me here to this blog. As many do I guess, I started on Instagram. With an idea that I would share reading strategies with parents to help build them up. To encourage them that teaching their child to read could be easy, simple, and most of all achievable. You see, reading in America right now is a leaky faucet. It’s gone so far away from its true simple roots we’re all lost. Mostly who looses is our kids. I believe that parents are the spigot and the education is the hose. If the hose is leaky because of a multitude of issues, then let’s shut the hose off from the source the parents. I wanted to give the parents the tools so teach their kids from home. So I felt I could change this, but sharing what I know as a parent, teacher, and reading specialist. What I found out is that social media is another leaky hose.
Where does that take me? Here on my site with my voice. Do I have to use social media still? Yes, it’s a way of our world. All I want to do is connect with you, the parents, the desperate mother, or father, who is trying to meet their child’s reading needs. Those of you who are lost, and tired. I want to help you.
Along my journey, here, I wrote a book. I have plans for more because writing makes me happy. Writing helps me use my creative mind. So I’m a mixed bag, of overly educated, and passionate about writing something fun for you to read to your child.
I hope that you can come here, and learn. Mabye buy my book, and snuggle with your kiddos and spark a love of reading.