You can help your
preschoolers become ready to read by encouraging them to see themselves as
readers when they identify letters or words, draw and label pictures, or
recognize symbols, like stop signs.
Everyday, you have opportunities to help your child enjoy being a
beginning reader. Here are some ideas.
At Home
- Watch
storytime together, and talk about it afterward.
- Put
magnetic letters on your refrigerator for children to play with. You can also
cut letters out and post them with tape on the refrigerator.
- Post
invitations, announcements, and simple labels where children can see them.
- Make
pictures of favorite foods and label them.
- Let
your child see you use recipes. Point out words to them.
- At
snack time, make words out of finger foods such as alphabet soup, or letters
with finger foods such as cereal pieces.
In the Neighborhood
- Look
for letters that children know on signs or license plates.
- “Read”
street signs together.
- Notice
and talk about billboards you see.
Visiting Family or Friends
- Before
leaving, draw a map and mark your route.
- After
the visit, have your child sent a thank-you note or picture that he or she has
drawn.
At the Grocery Store
- Create
a shopping list with your child. Items
can be written or drawn.
- Have
children identify product names that they know.
- At the
beginning of each aisle, pick a letter of the alphabet to look out for. Count the number of times you see it an
aisle.
At the Park
- Draw
letters in the dirt or sandbox.
- Collect
leaves along the way. Then go to the
library to find books so that you can identify them.
- On
index cards or squares of paper, have your child draw pictures of all the
people, animals, equipment or things you saw at the park. Write the corresponding word on another card.
Turn the picture cards upside down. Play
a memory game to see how many the child remembers by showing and saying a word
and asking the child to find the matching pictures.
At the Library
- Have
the child spend time looking at books they have picked out.
- Participate
in a library story hour and attend the library’s other family-oriented events.
- Get a
library card for your child and check out a variety of books.
At the Zoo
- Create
a list with your child of the animals you think you will see. You could also cut animal pictures out of
magazines or draw them on the list. Help
the child cross names off the list as you see each animal at the zoo.
- Name
each animal you see. See if your child
can guess what letter the name begins with.
- Have
the child draw a picture of a favorite animal.
Hang it in a special places.
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