Literacy eBook
By Marilee Joy Mayfield It’s never too early to read to your baby. You can start by talking, singing, reading, and playing music to your child as soon as you wish. It might seem a little unnatural to sit in a...
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While this guide focuses on recognizing letters and words while reading, writing is a great support to learning progressively more difficult words. Your child will find writing their own stories as a great reward for all their diligent practice. Be...
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Modern preschool and Kindergarten classrooms might look very different from what you remembered—the walls are packed with rules and lessons, activity stations are often filled with books as well as pretend play toys, and writing instruments are widely available. In...
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We often read to children--but how do we read with them? Reading stories with your child is the most effective way to build fluency and literacy. From infants who aren’t speaking yet on their own all the way to early...
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Pick books about topics or themes that your child loves as well as topics you care about--explaining why something is important to you not only builds your child’s perspective that reading is fun, it shows her that reading can help...
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