Read every day. Having your child read to you is helpful, but you should read to your child every day also. Reading to your children will give opportunity to demonstrate proper enunciation of vocabulary words and introduce your children to books they are not able to read themselves. Read books, newspapers, magazines and anything else with writing.
Go to the library. You should go to the library frequently to check out new materials for your children to read. You can also check out the various free programs that the public library hosts for children of all ages.
Praise your child's reading. Even when your child struggles to read, frequent praise will encourage her to try again and again until she gets it right. When she has a problem reading a word, help her sound out the letters and give her extra praise when she gets the word correct.
Have your child trace letters. Tracing letters that you have already written for them is a way to allow your child to practice the act of writing. This can also help improve your child's handwriting as it provides a way to practice the proper formation of each letter.
Give you child lots of chances to write. Ask your child to write her own labels, thank-you cards, journal entries and more. The more your child writes, the better she will become at writing.
Provide unique writing prompts. A writing prompt is something that prompts writing. This can be an incomplete sentence, such as "If I were a farmer, I would...", or it can be an idea to write about, such as having your child write a description of what he ate for dinner. Other ideas for unique writing prompts include having your child describe in detail what is cluttering their room, describing a favorite vacation spot or writing about anything they can remember from the day, starting with breakfast.