What are you doing to help your child get ready for the start of school?

If you have ideas to share, please send them to us by Saturday, Aug. 21, at Reading by 9 Back to School, The Sun, Features Department, 501 N. Calvert St., Baltimore, Md. 21278.

Or e-mail your suggestions to us at readingby9@sunspot.net.

You can also post your ideas on our Web site at www.readingby9.com. Go there and then click on the link for the Reading by 9 discussion board.

In a future edition of Parent & Child, we will reprint your suggestions. We want the first day of school to be a good experience for both parent and child.