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Families can support learning at home, in the community, and in your RIF program. From book selection and ordering, to guest reading on the day of a book event, to reading with your RIF kids before bed, families can support learning at home and in the community.
To maximize parental participation:
- Get families involved as early as possible.
- Always notify families of upcoming events and distributions by using posters, letters, or any other means that will let them know what RIF is doing and when things are happening.
- Send families a pledge to read the RIF books with their children/dependents. You can even offer the children a reward for returning the signed pledge.
- Educate families about the important role they play in their children's literacy development.
Helpful Resources
 Read the following tips, articles, and technical assistance materials to learn more about encouraging family involvement:
Take-Home Activity Ideas
 One of the best ways to help children's literacy development is to engage them in conversations. Encourage parents to involve their children in daily activities, such as shopping, housework, and gardening, and narrate along the way.
Ask parents to read recipes while cooking, read traffic and store signs while driving—anything that will build the child's language skills and link reading to the outside world.
Consider sending your RIF kids home with the following family activity suggestions:
- Discover Recipes - Browse a cookbook with your child. Pick out a recipe, and read through the intstructions. Make that recipe together.
- Backseat Scavenger Hunt - Prepare a backseat scavenger hunt for a long car ride. Before you leave, make up a long list of things your children are likely to see out the window. As you drive, have children cross items off the list as they see them.
Looking for more family fun ideas? Search activities in the Parents' Section.
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