There is no secret program. Readers grow in homes where books are simply there, like light and water.
Let them see you read
A child who sees reading loves reading. Your magazine, your novel, your cookbook. It all counts.
You are the garden they watch. Read where they can see you.
Keep it small and daily
Five unhurried minutes outlast any weekend marathon. A little every day, the way a seed drinks.
Miss a day. Begin again. Growing readers are patient work.
Try this tonight
Read anything, for five minutes, together. That is the whole plan. That is enough.
Start here.
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