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Helping Your Four-Year-Old Become a Reader
Helping Your Four-Year-Old Become a Reader
Young children are all "pre-readers" who pick up clues about reading from their environment. This is great news for parents — you already have everything you need to help your child succeed. Four-year-olds are curious explorers who want to understand their world — and books can help! When you read to and talk with your child, you build key early reading skills. As children's author Emilie Buchwald wrote, "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents." This is a great age to help your child recognize letter sounds, identify letters and build vocabulary.