This booklet presents parents with 10 "easy and fun" tips for helping them to speak and listen effectively to their children. The tips in the booklet are: be interested; make and keep eye contact; be a good language model; avoid dead-end questions; extend conversations; read aloud regularly; share your thoughts; define and reflect feelings; preserve your children's ideas; and observe cues. It concludes that parents and children working together on speaking and listening will improve communication skills and enrich the whole family's life. (RS)