It's Never Too Early

It really isn't too early to start reading to your child.  When we read to young children, the first thing they learn is what we call concepts of print.   All that means is that the child knows about books.  Even if you don't say a word about the book itself, you are modeling how to hold the book, the front of the book, back of the book, how to turn a page and that we read the print on the page.  Wow, that's a lot!
If you want to get adventurous, you can talk as you are getting ready to read.  Keep your 'language' or words natural.  A few things you can say are:

• This is the front of the book.
• The title, or name of the book, is...
• The author, or person who wrote the book, is..
• These are the words and these are the pictures.
• This is where we start reading.
• We read the words.
• This is how we turn a page.

We know that very small children aren't really reading.  We want  children to behave like a reader.  You will be surprised at how fast your child will begin to mimic your reading behavior.

Just knowing about how books 'work' help children when they start school.