Three ways to help your child read

Help your child learn to read using these three tips.
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Parents play a key part in motivating their child to read books. This video explains why beginning readers need to be read to, to read alone, and to read together. The video is appropriate for parents of children in kindergarten, first grade, and second grade, or other beginning readers.


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