Based on the belief that learning can take place in the home as well as in the school, this booklet was developed as a means of helping parents contribute to the improvement of their children's oral communication skills. Various sections of the booklet contain the following: (1) a discussion of children's communication behaviors, including an explanation of each of the five types of communication--informing, feeling, controlling, imagining, and ritualizing; (2) a list of general guidelines for use by parents in developing those communication skills; and (3) specific guidelines for promoting each of the five communication skills, arranged according to the age of the child from preschool through grade 12. (FL)