Encouraging Literacy Development in Infants and Toddlers

This article lists some specific ways babies benefit when adults read to them.

This page provides links to a variety of resources that make up the American Association of Pediatrics’ Books Build Connections Toolkit.

This page has links to several videos demonstrating ways babies and parents communicate in ways that encourage language development during the first year of life.

These practice guides for parents can be used to provide infants with fun and exciting literacy opportunities.

Language and literacy development starts from the very beginning. This parent resource gives tips on how to respond to infants and toddlers in order to promote healthy development.

This booklet suggests ways parents can help their toddlers learn to read. It includes a checklist for parents of toddlers.

This parenting resource provides information regarding storytelling, how this skill progresses, and tips for promoting storytelling in the first three years.

This page provides reading tips for reading to infants and toddlers.

These practice guides for parents can be used to provide toddlers with fun and exciting literacy opportunities.

This provides information regarding reading to toddlers, including the benefits, choosing books, and how and when to read to toddlers.