EarlyLiteracy Calendar
Theverybest booktoread withyourchildis onetheychoose.
Parentsaretheirbaby’s maintoolforlearning language.Thetimeyou spendreadingtogether isinvaluable!
Readtogether!Children whoenjoybeingread toaremorelikelyto wanttolearntoreadby themselves.
Playhelpsachildthinksymbolically. Ablockmightbeusedasaphone. Thissymbolicthinkingisthesame kindofthinkingusedforreading. Thelettersd-o-grepresentthat furryanimalathome.Letters representrealthings.
Dramaticplayhelpschildren practicelanguage.Research showsthattoddlerswhoengage indramaticorpretendplay withothersdeveloplarger vocabularies,understandmore wordsandlearntospeakin longersentences.
IfEnglishisn’tyourfirst language,speaktoyour childinthelanguageyou knowbest.Thisallowsyou toexplainthingsmore fluentlyandyourchildwill learnmorefromyou.
Clapout,taponadrum, orsingyourchild’s name.Thisallowsthem tohearwordsslowed downsotheycanmake outthepartsofwords, orsyllables.
Makesharingbookswith yourchildapartofyour dailyroutine—especiallyat naptimeandbedtime.
Providing propsand toysforchildren toretellastoryas theyplayisoneway tohelpthemunderstand thestory.Youmayaska questionortwothat helpsthembuildon thestory.Follow yourchild’s lead.
Whenyourbabiesbabble atyou,theyloveforyouto answerthembecause,as farasthey’reconcerned, they’retalkingtoyou!
Youngchildrenareactive andenergetic.Encourage movementevenduring readingtime.
Askyourchildquestionsand respondtotheiranswers.Themore wordsyouuse,themorewords yourchildwillknow.
Talktoyourchildabout thebookyouarereading tohelpthemlearneven morelanguage.
Parentsaretheirbaby’s maintoolforlearning language.Thetimeyou spendreadingtogether isinvaluable!
IfEnglishisn’tyourfirst language,speaktoyour childinthelanguageyou knowbest.Thisallowsyou toexplainthingsmore fluentlyandyourchildwill learnmorefromyou.
Whenyourbabiesbabble atyou,theyloveforyouto answerthembecause,as farasthey’reconcerned, they’retalkingtoyou!
Readtogether!Children whoenjoybeingread toaremorelikelyto wanttolearntoreadby themselves.
Playhelpsachildthinksymbolically. Ablockmightbeusedasaphone. Thissymbolicthinkingisthesame kindofthinkingusedforreading. Thelettersd-o-grepresentthat furryanimalathome.Letters representrealthings.
Dramaticplayhelpschildren practicelanguage.Research showsthattoddlerswhoengage indramaticorpretendplay withothersdeveloplarger vocabularies,understandmore wordsandlearntospeakin longersentences.
Clapout,taponadrum, orsingyourchild’s name.Thisallowsthem tohearwordsslowed downsotheycanmake outthepartsofwords, orsyllables.
Youngchildrenareactive andenergetic.Encourage movementevenduring readingtime.
Makesharingbookswith yourchildapartofyour dailyroutine—especiallyat naptimeandbedtime.
Providing propsand toysforchildren toretellastoryas theyplayisoneway tohelpthemunderstand thestory.Youmayaska questionortwothat helpsthembuildon thestory.Follow yourchild’s lead.
Askyourchildquestionsand respondtotheiranswers.Themore wordsyouuse,themorewords yourchildwillknow.
Talktoyourchildabout thebookyouarereading tohelpthemlearneven morelanguage.
EarlyLiteracyCalendar
