Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Text Box: Help your child recognize the letters of the alphabet. Teach him how to write his own name. Identify the brand names of products, especially his favorites. Show him how to use a book properly, from how to hold the book to the proper way of turning the pages. Retell stories of their Text Box: favorite books. If you are teaching your child to read in English, oral language development in English is necessary. Use ordinary conversation to stretch your child’s language ability and vocabulary. Point out common items in books. Read together! Text Box: Top 8 Reading Tips for You and Your Child Text Box: papers. Bring in his favorite titles or books with his favorite characters. Organizing these materials in baskets and marking them accordingly will also aid you when it is time to pack away. Keep in mind that this area is different from his toy room because he will be reading here, not playing or watching TV. Showing the spatial difference between the two also tells him that different behaviors are required for each area. Don’t forget the importance of labeling things at home. Labels in his room, Text Box: the kitchen, and other common areas gives him the visual cues that will prepare him for reading. Teach your child how to handle a book properly and show how words are read from left to right, top to bottom. Finally, set a special place and time for you to read to your child. Even 15 minutes of this daily activity will show much improvement in your child’s literacy skills. Why don’t you try it out today? Text Box: Making a print-rich home just takes a little organization on the part of the parents. This means that you will have to set time and an area for your child’s literacy needs. The good news is that it doesn’t take a lot of money or materials to make it happen. Consider giving your child a special nook just for his reading need. Set up an anthropomorphic table and chair for him and prepare the necessary materials. This includes books, writing materials like pencils, markers and crayons and scratch Text Box: Print-Rich Environment At Home Text Box: Page # Text Box: LA CHILD Text Box: There are literally hundreds of everyday experiences that will help your child pick up literacy skills. The key is knowing which of these everyday activities will make a difference in your child. Here is a list of some typical everyday activities you can highlight for your child. 1. Listening to library books, nursery rhymes, poetry and other read-aloud books. 2. Taking family outings and talking about them to encourage vocabulary and conceptual growth.3. Using Text Box: shopping trips to “read” tags, signs and other labels. 4. Having a print-rich environment at home. 5. Answering questions about colors, letters, words and numbers. 6. Having easy access to writing materials and including your child in writing activities like making the grocery list, writing thank Text Box: you cards and writing letters to friends and family. 7. Playing school with an older brother or sister. 8. Doing arts and construction projects 9. Dictating language -experience stories and books. 10. Parents, relatives and other members of the household enjoying reading. Text Box: Emergent Literacy Experiences Text Box: Everyday experiences your child will enjoy at home

You may have tangible wealth untold:

Caskets of jewels

and coffers of gold.

Richer than I you

 can never be—

I had a Mother who read to me.

Strickland Gillilan
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