It’s still okay to encourage your child to look up unfamiliar words in the dictionary— remember to do it with them!—but that’s just the first step. Literacy expert Sandra Wilborn says that vocabulary development is a process that requires lots of exposure to a word in order to really learn it. Find out about the other simple things parents can do to reinforce word learning.
This video is part of our special series, Reading SOS, where parents ask the experts their questions about reading and how to support their kids at home.