Home Work Focus on Literacy and Language
Here are some practices that will support your child’s language and literacy skills.
-provide puppets for your child to act out and retell stories that you read to him/her. Be sure to ask, “What happens next?” if they seem unsure. Use the illustrations in the book for visual cues. Use different voices for the different characters in the book. Encourage your child to do the same with puppets.
-Give directions positively, respectfully, carefully (from Pa standards)
-Sing lots of songs, recite rhymes, have poetry books available to read to your child.
-Have your child describe the stories you read as non-fiction, fiction, poetry, fairy tales. The children are learning these concepts at school and they are developmentally appropriate.
-Have your child draw illustrations based on the books you read to him/her.
-As you read to your child, ask frequently, “What could happen next?”
-Give your child the materials to create their own books and stories.
-Give your child the opportunity to hear several books by the same author and compare (Tomie dePaola, Eric Carle, Jan Brett, etc.)
-Clap out the syllables of names or words
-Stop before a rhyming word and encourage your child to fill in the rhyme when reading familiare rhymes and poems.
-Create a ‘writing box’ for your child. It can be as simple as decorating a shoe box with wrapping paper and filling it with thin markers, pens, pencils, crayons, note pads, stationery, envelopes, stickers, tablets, small calendars, menus, labels, blank cards, photos with printed words, recipes, etc. for your child to use for writing times. Encourage your child to make grocery lists based on the fliers in newspapers, or menus, lists, messges, cards, etc. (Those free notecards and tablets from charities can be put to great use!)
-Use paint, yarn, pipe cleaners, shaving cream, play doh, pudding, chalk, etc. to create letters.
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN 15
-provide puppets for your child to act out and retell stories that you read to him/her. Be sure to ask, “What happens next?” if they seem unsure. Use the illustrations in the book for visual cues. Use different voices for the different characters in the book. Encourage your child to do the same with puppets.
-Give directions positively, respectfully, carefully (from Pa standards)
-Sing lots of songs, recite rhymes, have poetry books available to read to your child.
-Have your child describe the stories you read as non-fiction, fiction, poetry, fairy tales. The children are learning these concepts at school and they are developmentally appropriate.
-Have your child draw illustrations based on the books you read to him/her.
-As you read to your child, ask frequently, “What could happen next?”
-Give your child the materials to create their own books and stories.
-Give your child the opportunity to hear several books by the same author and compare (Tomie dePaola, Eric Carle, Jan Brett, etc.)
-Clap out the syllables of names or words
-Stop before a rhyming word and encourage your child to fill in the rhyme when reading familiare rhymes and poems.
-Create a ‘writing box’ for your child. It can be as simple as decorating a shoe box with wrapping paper and filling it with thin markers, pens, pencils, crayons, note pads, stationery, envelopes, stickers, tablets, small calendars, menus, labels, blank cards, photos with printed words, recipes, etc. for your child to use for writing times. Encourage your child to make grocery lists based on the fliers in newspapers, or menus, lists, messges, cards, etc. (Those free notecards and tablets from charities can be put to great use!)
-Use paint, yarn, pipe cleaners, shaving cream, play doh, pudding, chalk, etc. to create letters.
LANGUAGE AND LITERACY
PENNSYLVANIA STANDARDS FOR PRE-KINDERGARTEN 15
