The language that will get them the best job

The national language of the country

The dominant language of the area they live in

The language the child speaks at home

All of these

Read to the child.

Spend time with the child talking together, asking and answering questions, and helping to develop their vocabulary.

Teach the child the names of everything in their environment.

Teach the child all the letters, their names and sounds.

Ensure the child can sit still for long periods of time.

Make sure the child can walk and run with speed.

Punish the child for not working hard enough.

All of these

Spend time reading with and to them everyday.

Ask them questions about what they leaded in school.

Continue to talk and discuss questions about the world around them everyday.

The skill of recognizing words from memory.

The skill of know letter names and sounds.

The skills of decoding or putting letter sounds together to read a word.

The skills involved in printing a book.

Knowing many words and having vocabulary knowledge.

Being able to understand and answer questions about what has been read.

Being about to sit quietly for a long period of time.

Being able to read with speed and with few mistakes (fluency).

Knowledge of spoken words, breaking words apart, and using the pieces that make up words.

Knowledge about schools.

Knowledge of telephones.

Knowledge about birds.

At least an hour of reading and writing practice everyday in school.

All of these.

Opportunities to read outside of school.

Making sure children have access to reading materials.

Checking how many books a school owns.

Asking questions about what they read to check for comprehension.

Asking a child to write their name.

Counting how many minutes a child spends with a book.

Practicing reading is a waste of time.

A child who doesn't read well is shameful.

All children learn at different speeds, some may struggle and some may excel.

If they are struggling it is their fault.