Reading Tips for Parents

• Be positive role models for reading and writing.
• Provide an abundance of reading materials.
• Encourage young adolescents to read.
• Let your children see you reading for pleasure.
• Offer your children a wide variety of opportunities to read.

Taken from the International Reading Association.


Writing Tips for Parents

• Let your child see you write often and encourage him or her to write often.
• Encourage your child to expand his or her range and abilities by writing for a variety of audiences.
• Praise your child’s efforts at writing.
• Offer your child a wide variety of opportunities to read and to talk about those things you have both read.
• Encourage your child to find ways to make an assigned topic his or her own.
• Help your child see the value of clarifying ideas, drafting, and revising.

Taken from the National Council of Teachers of English.