The concept of literary immersion centers on the idea that children need to exist in a literate and literature-friendly environment in order to understand and appreciate the role that reading and literacy plays in their lives. Immersion techniques call for teachers and parents to make visible many elements of a literate and reading culture. This includes placing books in prominent places, labeling common household items, reading signage and billboards and menus out loud, and encouraging reading behavior through modeling.
Perhaps one of the most influential things educators and parents can do to promote reading with their children, and one of the most encouraged activities in pre-kindergarten educational theory, is the simple act of reading aloud to children. In order to maintain consistency and yield the best results, educators and parents should read to children on a regular schedule. This indicates that "story time" is not a once in a while reward, but rather a habit worth getting into.
As literacy is fundamentally wrapped up in communication, one way to help develop a child's ability to read and understand material is to engage and develop his listening and speaking skills. Though the most beneficial way to do this is to ask questions and make comments during reading activities, the simple act of talking with children has been shown to have huge benefits in developing that child's communication skills, which in turn benefits his literacy skills.
Though literacy is often thought of as the focus of the English classroom, reading and writing is a crucial component to all fields, given that it is the primary mode of communication. Consequently, lessons of literacy can and should be reinforced in other non-English-related endeavors, such as counting or investigating nature. One easy way to do this is to have children use narratives in these other disciplines. This includes simple tasks like describing a creature they find in nature to more complicated tasks like coming up with simple word problems related to simple numbers.