Literacy Tools
Reading with your child is step #1! Not only can reading with your child help to enhance their early literacy skills, but it fosters their imagination! If you have not already, consider participating in our "book in a bag" program!
While reading with your child, consider these topics:
-Find a particular letter on the page to practice letter identification
-Point to a word vs. a letter
-Concepts of print (Can your child hold a book correctly and turn the pages in the right direction? Does he know what the front cover/back cover is?)
-Direction of reading (Try using your finger to help your child visualize the directional pattern you are using to read. This may help with letter formation and writing his name as we talk about beginning on the left).
-What happens next? Sequencing skills can be easily folded into your child's favorite story. For a familiar book, consider asking your child what happens first in the story? Then, what happens second in the story? Or, consider using the words "beginning", "middle", and "end". For an unfamiliar story, consider asking your child while reading, "what do you think happens next?". In class, I will often ask this while reading a book at circle time. We will discuss our "predictions" and then revisit them after discovering the rest of the story.
While reading with your child, consider these topics:
-Find a particular letter on the page to practice letter identification
-Point to a word vs. a letter
-Concepts of print (Can your child hold a book correctly and turn the pages in the right direction? Does he know what the front cover/back cover is?)
-Direction of reading (Try using your finger to help your child visualize the directional pattern you are using to read. This may help with letter formation and writing his name as we talk about beginning on the left).
-What happens next? Sequencing skills can be easily folded into your child's favorite story. For a familiar book, consider asking your child what happens first in the story? Then, what happens second in the story? Or, consider using the words "beginning", "middle", and "end". For an unfamiliar story, consider asking your child while reading, "what do you think happens next?". In class, I will often ask this while reading a book at circle time. We will discuss our "predictions" and then revisit them after discovering the rest of the story.
Name Identification & Spelling
Letter Identification
Color Recognition
Phonological Awareness
Vocabulary Development
Other Literacy Concepts
(Including comprehension, concepts about print, etc.)