Learning to Read

- Early in your child's literary journey, it's important to provide a variety of different books for them to read, to build their appreciation of story elements like setting, plot, and characters.

Try reading two books back to back.

- One little dog going in, three big dogs going out.

- Looking through the books, discuss how the stories are alike and what is different.

- What's the same?

- [Child] The dogs in the cars are riding on the road, and this kid is walking on the road.

- If they need help, give clues about what made each story special.

- What about the differences?

What is different?

- Well, the characters are mostly dogs and then the character's a human.

The locations are different.

- Comparing and contrasting stories can help young readers engage with new texts and explain why they like or don't like a book.

- [Announcer] Sponsored by the Dollar General Literacy Foundation, helping build literary skills and encouraging parents and children to spend 20 minutes a day reading together.