Learning Begins at Birth and Can Be Great Fun!
- Come to library story times together!
- Share nursery rhymes and make up rhyming words together.
- Play games to learn the alphabet or colors. I spy a green shirt. Can
you find something else green in the kitchen?
- Share books every day! Children can develop an understanding that
letters make words and words have meaning. They’ll discover that sharing
stories is cozy.
- Change places with your child when sharing a story – let your child take
the lead in telling the story to you; let them use the pictures.
- Talk about the story and pictures – to help extend your child’s
vocabulary. Ask your child what they see happening in the pictures
or to predict what might happen next.
- Make rhyming words that rhyme with your child’s name, your street,
family names, your child’s school, city; clap them out together so your
child can hear the sounds.
- Sing with your child – this builds vocabularies and brings both smiles
and movement.
- Reading with your children can become so much fun that you forget it is
a should! It becomes more like eating chocolate! (From
Mem Fox in Reading Magic)
- Reading aloud from birth actually helps to prevent later problems, i.e.
helps broaden attention span; helps kids learn to sit quietly – still
interacting but demonstrating an element of self control. (From Mem
Fox in Reading Magic)
- "So how do you do this read aloud thing anyway?"
- Picture this: a favorite picture book, snuggling laps, an oversized
chair or a story at bedtime.
- Your love is important to your child
! Reading together for
just a few minutes every day demonstrates that bond of love to your
children. The time is less important than the experience!
- What special childhood memories do you have around reading? Share your
reading memories with your kids!
- Let your kids see YOU reading…whether it’s the newspaper, a cereal box,
or a novel!
- Start reading EARLY. Research shows that kids who are read to from an
early age enter Kindergarten more "ready to read."
- Read stories together to encourage conversations with your child.
Conversation encourages an increase in a child’s vocabulary. A child who has
a larger vocabulary has greater success in learning to read!
- Let very young children treat books as toys…they will learn to love
books.
- Check out books on tape or CD for road trips.
- GET MESSY!
Spread shaving foam on a cookie sheet. Write large
letters of the alphabet in the foam and let your child feel the shape
of the letter by tracing it!
- Participate in library and community READING EVENTS as a family!
Revised 09/04/08
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