What do children want to do for Halloween? They want to get dressed in a costume and go trick-or-treating to collect as much candy as possible. Parents are ready to throw out the candy by the end of the day on November 1st. Continue on to find ways to make Halloween fun for the kids as well as a learning experience that can last for several days. A win-win for you and your littles.
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Rhyme Time with Your Little
Rhyming is an important building block for your child’s success in learning language and reading. Rhyming helps young children learn how language works. They can hear the rhythm and flow of language. It also allows them to play with language in a fun way. My children always loved to take a familiar rhyme or song and change the words to go with something we were talking about or learning. Sometimes we just changed the words for fun and to be silly.
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21 Games and Activities for Learning Letters
Learning letters is very important to being able to read. Children need to be able to identify the letter and the sound that is associated with the letter in order to be able to read. It is important to start early, even infants learn from the conversation and vocabulary you are providing them, with no expectation for your little to identify or remember the letters. You just point out letters to them as you are walking through the store or reading a book. It is planting the language and knowledge for your child. Now, when to start and where to start and how to make it fun? Keep reading for…
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I’m Still Learning to Read
Do you ever get frustrated with your first grader because they learned how to read in kindergarten? They should be able to look at the word and sound it out and move on. I got many comments like this as a classroom teacher and reading specialist. I know it can be frustrating as a parent. Let me help you with how to help your child. They can do it, but they still need support from you. I want to help you be able to sit back relax and enjoy helping your child learn to read.
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Supporting the Emergent and Early Reader
You are sending your kindergartner off to school. You wonder what are they doing there? What are they learning? How can I help support their learning? Do you feel lost in how to help your child? Let’s see if I can help you.
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Raising Readers
Does your child have a favorite book? Do they want to read it all the time. You are ready to burn the book, but wouldn’t because they love it so much. Only to have a few weeks later they find another book they want to read all the time. Welcome to the preschooler. Preschoolers get something out of every reading of the same book. Enjoy this time with them, they are very inquisitive, and ready to learn all there is to know about reading. When my youngest son was 3 years old I heard him crying in his room. I went to his room and found him sitting on his…
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Read Me A Story
The toddler posses a whole new read aloud. The infant sits and listens to the story. They squirm very little and they are just looking at the pages. You probably noticed that as your infant got closer to the age of one they started to engage with the book a little more. Maybe they are beginning to try and help turn the page or they are beginning to point at the pictures on the page. This calls for a whole new way of reading and presenting books.
