A reading space promotes literacy because it gives children immediate access to books. When collecting books for your reading space, include various genres, topics, and reading levels. The space can accommodate the child at various developmental stages with a few minor book swaps.

“It’s a wonderful thing to read,” says Yesim, a Cultivating Literacy parent. While sharing her love for reading, Yesim recounts how she used it to bring her family together and became a favorite activity in their household. True, everyone has different literacy experiences, yet yours can be just as impactful with your children by following a few simple steps:

Retelling is the process of recalling the events that happened in a story in order from the beginning, middle, to end. Retelling is used to promote comprehension, which is the process of understanding what is being read and building on new information by connecting it with other stories or real-life events.