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Help bring reading and stories to life for your young children by completing our 30 things to do when reading with your kid before they're 3 list.
- Make a reading tent for your little explorer using a sheet and a clothes horse
- Feed your child's imagination - paint pebbles with funny characters and make a story with them
- Choose your child's favourite book and play I-spy and spot the different thing on the page
- When you're out and about chat to your little one about what you can see
- Find a book about monsters and get snuggle on the couch with your little gremlin
- Read road signs to your little one as you drive past them
- Bake with your little chef using an easy recipe - how about some fairy cakes?
- Get guaranteed giggles from your tot when you do the different voices of 'The Three Little Bears'
- Ready, steady... Green! Have a go at finding different colours in your kid's favourite book
- Join in with the free activities at the library - the Bookbug sessions are always a laugh
- Get your little storyteller to re-tell a book using the pictures
- Take your little one to the supermarket and read the food labels with them
- Do an impression of the Gruffalo - who's got the best growl?
- Get your tot to pick their favourite book to read - even if it's for the 100th time!
- Take a trip to the local library and get your bookworm their very own library card
- Wait for the postman to arrive and read leaflets that pop through the letterbox
- If you have bigger kids, get them to read a story to their wee brother or sister
- When you're out and about, read street signs and menus to your tot to build up their word bank
- Make a cosy story spot where your wee one can keep their books
- On your way to the shops? Swing by a charity shop & pick up some bargain books
- Sing a song with your little pop star - how about twinkle twinkle little star?
- Make a mask of your wee one's favourite storybook character
- Cook alphabet spaghetti & spell out your kid's name
- Tell your tot a made up story when you're queuing at the shops
- Put on a show before bedtime and act out the story of your child's favourite book
- Make your very own flap-up book by sticking down card shapes onto paper
- Make a bedroom plaque with your little one's name on it
- Look at a magazine with your child & read the headlines on each page
- Sing a soothing lullaby to your little star before bed
- Write a letter to your little one, pretend to post it and then read it back to them.