One Simple Thing - Daily Routine Books

One Simple Thing you can to today to increase your child's pre-reading skills is to create a photo book of his or her daily routine!

Purchase an inexpensive photo album (the Dollar Store is a great source for this), or three-ring binder.
Tell your child you are creating a book of him that he can use later to remember his daily routine/chores etc.
Take pictures of your child making his bed, brushing his teeth, going to school, reading a bedtime story etc. Add one of these pictures to each of the pages in the photo album or three-ring binder and label it with that part of the daily routine ("Liam brushes his teeth before bed" etc.).
Your child will love reading about his day and will be able to use the book to assist him in accomplishing all parts of the daily routine.
Babies love photo albums too, but you may want to use page protectors for your binder pages. You can also purchase a "baby-safe" photo album here.

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