Playing
Play is how children learn, and how they come to understand their world.
Related to: Knowing Words, Play
Collect pictures of things your child can easily find...
Related to: Knowing Letters, Play
With your child, go on a hunt for things in your house...
Related to: Knowing Letters, Play
Fill a paper or clear plastic bag with some magnetic or foam letters...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
I had a little turtle, he lived in a box...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Here is a bunny, with ears so funny...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Visit a park, library, backyard or anywhere you hear different sounds...
Related to: Knowing Words, Play
Find magazine pictures of different animals or objects...
Related to: Knowing Words, Play
Find a few of your child's favourite things...
Related to: Knowing Letters, Play
Write down the alphabet in upper and lower case...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Fingerplays can help your child develop narrative skills...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Fingerplays can help expand your child's vocabulary...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Round and round the garden, goes the teddy bear...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Fingerplays help teach your baby many new words...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Fingerplays help prepare your child to sound out words...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Rhymes help children sound out words...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Fingerplays help children break up words into smaller sounds...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Tommy Thumbs are up, and Tommy Thumbs are down...
Related to: Hearing Words, Play
Hickory dickory dock, the mouse ran up the clock...
Six skills that get your child ready for reading
Liking books
Children who enjoy books will want to learn to read.
Knowing words
Knowing many words helps children recognize written words and understand what they read.
Seeing words
Familiarity with printed language helps children feel comfortable with books and reading.
Hearing words
Hearing the smaller sounds in words helps children sound out written words.
Telling a story
Learning to tell a story helps children develop skills in thinking and understanding.
Knowing letters
Knowing the names and sounds of letters helps children sound out words.
Playing tip
Choose a "Letter of the Day" and point out everything you see, all day long, that starts with that letter. Find and name letters in books, on signs and labels, on toys, food boxes and other objects all around.
