Promoting Young Children’s Early Language and Prereading Skills with Dialogic Reading

Reading aloud to children has been identified as the single most important activity for preparing children to become readers. Reading to children at a young age has many benefits. There are different styles of reading that can encourage children’s early language and prereading skills. This NebGuide introduces a specific strategy—dialogic reading—that caregivers (i.e., parents and teachers) can use to promote children’s prereading and language skills.

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