*Share wordless picture books and talk about what’s happening in the pictures.

*Read a broad range of material to your child:  picture books, chapter books, comics, poetry, etc.

*Read Books with a lot of expression in your voice!

*Use prompts like, “Did that sound right?”

*Show how to make a best guess as to a word’s meaning and then read ahead to find out if the guess was right

*Share how clues to a word’s meaning can be found in the picture or the paragraph

*Provide experiences for you child.  Picnics, museums, farms, library and walks around the block all stimulate conversations!

*Help your child follow their passions:  Frogs-snakes-fairy tales-dolls-cars-dinosaurs-whatever-get the books and read them!

Source:  “7 Keys to Comprehension”, Susan Zimmermann & Chryse Hutchins