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Let's Read: Open the door to a wider, richer world for your child

Oh, how little children love to be read to. How many times I heard my son and daughter plead: "Just one more bedtime story, dad? Pleeeease."

When the children were a little older, my wife, Phyllis, and I decided to group read "Treasure Island." Every evening, one of the four of us would read one chapter aloud while the others listened. My two children are grown now and they occasionally mention our Treasure Island group read - they certainly remember the story, but more importantly they recall that special family time with great fondness. I'm so glad we kept reading to and with our children.

Truly, when parents help their children learn to read, they open the door to a big, exciting world. As a parent, you can begin an endless learning chain: You read to your children, they develop a love of stories and poems, they want to read on their own, they practice reading, and finally, they read for their own information or pleasure.

When children become readers, their world is forever wider and richer.

Here are a few things you can do to instill in your child a love of reading.

You'll unlock a chest of treasures when you teach your children the love of reading. So, let's read!