Helping your child learn to read doesn't only have to mean using books from the library or from the store. You can make a book of your own - a nonsense book!

On Father's Day, delight Dad--and stretch your early reader, too!--with this adorable ABC book of "Fun with Dad."

By incorporating natural materials and the powers of observation, your child will become a backyard naturalist while building early writing and drawing skills!

Parents can help their children at home by using a dialogue journal to model good writing.