Friday, March 1, 2013

25 Tips to Encourage Literacy In Young Children


Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

25 Tips to Encourage Literacy In Young Children: 
  1. Babble back to your infants
  2. Encourage conversation
  3. Teach site words – McDonalds, Lucky Charms, Barney
  4. Speak another language
  5. Encourage drawing and inventive spelling
  6. Script what they say about the drawings – write their story and make it into a book
  7. Fall in love with language, rhymes, songs and role model reading
  8. Label your child’s environment
  9. Make shopping lists with your child
  10. Cook and read recipes together
  11. Look for letters on the Menu when you go out to eat
  12. Cut pictures out of magazines that begin with a letter you are studying.
  13. Make an alphabet book
  14. Read a book and then ask children a few questions to test their comprehension
  15. Glue letters from an alphabet cereal on a piece of paper.
  16. Put alphabet cereal on a plate and help child make their name out of the cereal.
  17. Keep magnetic letters on the refrigerator
  18. Make up silly songs starting with the letter you are studying.
  19. Talk to your child
  20. Sing with your child
  21. Read to your child everyday
  22. Limit television watching and watch appropriate shows
  23. Visit libraries and bookstores
  24. Select a quality child care
  25. Read to children and ask them to predict what will happen next.

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