• Have attractive colourful books in the home.
• Read him a variety of stories every day. He will get to associate these wonderful tales with books and reading.
• You must convey to him gradually that books are precious things. They must be minded and handled carefully and put away safely.
• Look at the pictures with him and talk to him about what they say.
• Read him nursery rhymes. He will learn them off his own bat. Don’t try to rush him.
• Above all don’t push him with his early reading. You may turn him against it.