Parents are a child's first teacher.

The most important thing parents can do is talk and read to their children. During the toddler and preschool years it is critical to provide children with many different language and reading experiences that are playful and fun, to include nursery rhymes and rhyming games to expose youngsters to the sounds of language.

PBS Parents
How a child develops year-by-year in various areas.

Parents as Teachers
Learn how important it is to read together to build early literacy.

Zero to Three
For parents to learn about brain development, early language and literacy, child development.

Learning and Growing Together
Sponsored by the Ohio Department of Education, Office of School Readiness. For families, this site includes a series of fun and practical online resources.

Check with your local public library for more information and resources.

READY TO READ is administered by the State Library of Ohio and the Ohio Library Council and is made possible, in part by Federal Library Services and Technology Act Funds, awarded to the State Library of Ohio by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services. The Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County, Dayton Metro Library and Columbus Metropolitan Library have provided additional resources to this project.