6This booklet gives you information about how you can use your language skills to build your child's skills. It offers suggestions about how you can: -Talk with and listen to your child; -Read together with her; -Help your child learn about books and print; -Encourage your child's early writing efforts; -Help your child learn to read if his first language is not English; and -Prepare your child for success in school. The major portion of the booklet contains activities that you can use with your child to strengthen her language skills and encourage their love of reading.