Please see an excerpt from the Reading is Fundamental, Inc. website below: Reading Is Fundamental, Inc., prepares and motivates children to read by delivering free books and literacy resources to those children and families who need them most. Founded in 1966, RIF is the oldest and largest children’s and family nonprofit literacy organization in the United States. RIF’s highest priority is reaching underserved children from birth to age 8. Through community volunteers in every state and U.S. territory, RIF provided 4.4 million children with 15 million new,free books and literacy resources last year. Click here for more information: www.rif.org

I found this article regarding teaching our children reading skills. I thought it would be helpful for many of our parents. The discussed method is called Dialogic Reading. This method has been found to improve children’s reading skills significantly. It is important to remember that reading is a very important skill. Not only does it promote literacy and language development but it also helps with parental bonding and social skills. However, it is also important to remember that reading is a difficult task for children, especially those children who are already taxed by a speech and/or language impairment. Parents are often discouraged by the child’s lack of interest or frustration with reading. Keep in mind that, reading is a very important skill to be learned and practice of it can prevent your child from falling behind in school, and decrease their chance from falling behind in their performance in later years. Dialogic Reading allows your child to be the teller of the story rather than just the listener. It involves having your child in the story and allows them to expand their creative abilities. Reading should be a fun experience for both you and your child, and I think this…