- Read aloud to your child every day. Vary your settings: read outdoors

under a tree, on the patio, on the front steps, at the beach or at the park.

- Listen to books on tape. Use these books in the car or at home as

a family listening activity.

- Make trips a way to encourage reading by reading aloud traffic signs,

billboards, notices, restaurant names and maps.

- Take books to places where you may have "wait" time: doctor's

offices, hair appointments, and trips.

- Read books with rhymes. Teach your child rhymes, poems and songs.

- Assist your child in making a summer scrapbook. Your child can write

and read the captions.

- Look on the Internet for summer reading book lists.

The previous tips were compiled from various sources including the Association

for Library Service to Children and Learning Disabilities Online.