Read aloud every day! Read picture books, chapter books, labels, magazines, flyers, mail, anything!
Read the print that is seen around the house in a natural way. Do your thinking and reading aloud so your infant/young child can hear and see the processes your brain goes through to gather information.
Model reading by reading to yourself for pleasure, and for specific purposes.
Fill your house with print. Visit the library and borrow books.
Take books off the shelves and leave them in places where they will be picked up an looked through. Change the books that are left out every once in a while.
