If you are a parent, you know the immense benefits of reading with your child. Here are a few tips and tricks to infuse FUN into reading to keep your child interested and engaged. The best part is that while you're at it, you'll also help to boost your child's speech, vocabulary, and comprehension while learning, connecting, and bonding with your child. I bet you'll even have fun too -- Talk about a lot of wins! Here are my Top 5 Reading Tips: 1. Repeat Back to Me. Ask your c

I love to write in rhythm and rhyme. I absolutely do it all of the time. Why do I do it? It's perfectly clear It keeps your attention, now doesn't it, dear? It's fantastically fun to follow along. It'll get your foot tapping - just like a song. Listening for rhyme sounds - making the match. Sparking new connections that open the hatch. Rhyme is catchy - you'll want an encore. In the back of your mind, it'll open a door. Transforming your brain into a think tank On hyper alert

Let them be little. Take them by the hand. Squat down to see the ladybug. Lift them up to the tree stand. Stop to smell the flowers. Let loose playing at the park. Spark curiosity by pointing out The Big Dipper in the dark. Together, build the greatest fort The world has ever seen. Connect with understanding When friends are being mean. Have an open heart-to-heart While you’re playing make believe. Share the wildest dreams in your heart That you’re each hoping to achieve. Mak