Read to Learn Tips: December 12, 2011
Compiled by Sally C. Fuller, Irene E. & George A. Davis Foundation
Talking to your child - from birth - gives them a world of words and ideas, for free!
Is your home literacy-friendly? These suggestions are from the Home Literacy Environment Checklist, which can be found at www.getreadytoread.org. This checklist is also translated into Spanish.
- Your child should have at least one alphabet book, for example, "Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book."
- Your child should have magnetized alphabet letters to play with.
- Your child should have crayons and pencils readily available for writing and drawing.
- Your child should have a table or surface readily available for writing or drawing.
- Your child should have at least one rhyme book, for example Joseph Slate's "Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten." Or "Llama Llama Red Pajama" by Anna Dewdney.
These tips are presented here as part of Reading Success by Fourth Grade, a community-wide initiative whose goal is for children to read proficiently by the end of third grade.
