As a primary school teacher, I was appalled at the number of 1st graders who told me they did not have any books at home.

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Parents can jumpstart their child's reading simply by reading to them at home--hard to do that without books.

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Like you and your parents, we provided an abundance of reading material for our kids, plus my wife read to them every night, now she does the same with our grandkids, but during lunch.

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I wrote an in-depth article about jumpstarting reading with young children, which you have read and commented on previously. I included it here in case any parents are interested.

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https://medium.com/boomerangs/how-to-jumpstart-reading-for-your-kids-and-grand-kids-b268c27ac425