Remember what your parents read to you and read those stories to your children, says Dr John Gough.
When it comes to deciding what to read to your children, remember what your parents read to you!
That's the advice of Deakin University's Dr John Gough, talking to The Geelong Advertiser's Margaret Linley.
"Try to remember what happened when you were a child at home and a student at school and do with your child what you liked at home and at school," Dr Gough said.
"If that means you have bedtime stories with Enid Blyton, terrific.
"A 10-year-old boy listening to dad read him Treasure Island because that’s what dad loved as a boy, could be terrific too.
"And don’t just read at bedtime, turn off the television and serialise a book like a teacher would."
Research shows reading is the single most important thing to help a child’s future literacy.
