It's never too soon to start your child on the path to reading. Simply talking to infant helps to develop the vocabulary that your baby will need as she/he enters school and begins to read. As you point and name objects, she/he will begin to understand the meaning of words, and will eventually begin to incorporate those words into his/her vocabulary.

I believe that you should beginning to read to your baby when he/she is six months old. "Hearing words over and over helps him/her become familiar with them. Reading to your baby is one of the best ways to help him/her learn."

 Parents reach out to groups that can:

* Help you find age-appropriate books to use at home with your child;

* Show you creative ways to use books with your child and other tips to help him/her learn; and

* Provide year-round children's reading and educational activities.

A child's love for reading grows when the words on the page come to life through experiences shared as a family.

In order to help your child get ready to read, the Department of Education also recommends:

* Using sounds, songs, gestures, and words that rhyme to help your baby learn about language and its many uses.

* Pointing out the printed words in your home and other places you take your child to, such as the grocery store.

* Spending as much time listening to your child as you do talking to him/her.

* Taking children's books and writing materials with you whenever you leave home. This gives your child fun activities to entertain and occupy him/her while traveling and running errands.

* Creating a quiet, special place in your home for your child to read, write, and draw.

* Keeping books and other reading materials where your child can easily reach them. Having his/her own bookshelf or small bookcase will not only make him/her feel special, but will also communicate to him/her that reading is special.

* Reading books, newspapers and magazines yourself, so that your child can see that reading is important.

* Limiting the amount and type of television you and your child watch.

The time you spend reading together will create a special bond between the two of you, and will open the doors for a dialogue that will continue throughout the more trying years of adolescence.

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