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Show that you value books by reading in
your own leisure time
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Read stories in a relaxed way
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Use a toy or puppet to act out
a story
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Join the local library to choose
books
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Make words with a set of magnetic
letters
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Read a written message to your child such as in a birthday card
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Look at and read words together
on advertising hoardings and shop fronts
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Occasionally, putting the subtitles
on the television so that you can see the spoken words written down
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Provide drawing materials to
draw and write
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Encourage your child to make
marks on paper when you
are writing
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Encourage your child to
tell you what he/she
has written
and praise
their
efforts
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Value your child’s achievements
in literacy