TipRead it again
Discover why reading the same old story is well worth your time.
Reading & Writing
Activity
Oh, what a feeling!
Make faces in the mirror with your baby and name the emotion you’re showing.
Personal & Social Skills
Article
Where do babies get their words?
Our literacy expert answers where, how and when babies gain language skills.
Reading & Writing
Make your voice heard
Play with your voice to show your baby the difference between loud & soft and high-pitched & low-pitched sounds.
Reading & Writing
It's rhyme time
Reading or reciting nursery rhymes introduces babies to the rhythm of language. Long before your baby can utter a word, much less rhyme words, he can listen to rhymes and start to internalize the patterns in language. And babies love predictable language, which explains why you’ll tire of a rhyme long before he does!
Reading & Writing
Why read to your baby every day?
Is your baby chewing, not reading, his books? Find out why you should still read to him every day.
Reading & Writing
Communicate through words, sounds, songs and gestures
Help your baby understand the many uses of language and speech.
Reading & Writing
Itsy bitsy spider
Finger plays like Itsy Bitsy Spider introduce new vocabulary and help little ones coordinate words with finger motions.
Reading & Writing
Over and under
With a block and a small container, your baby can learn position words.
Reading & Writing
