Friday Feb. 16 at 9 a.m. we will celebrate the amazing fathers, stepfathers, uncles, grandpas and special men in our lives. All are welcome for donuts and classroom activities.
Preparing for Read Across America Day LCCAA Head Start encourages all families to join in the excitement of National Reading Month this March and cuddle up with your child to enjoy a great book.
about the story and develop their critical thinking skills.
Classes will mark Read Across America Day while also 4. Children learn from celebrating the birth of Dr. Seuss. LCCAA Head Start their parents before sites will enjoy green eggs and ham, Dr. Seuss books anyone else. If they and fun classroom activities to celebrate the love of see you reading, they reading on Friday, March 1. will want to mimic you and learn to read Reading stories and antics about Dr. Seuss’ wonderful as well. characters is a rite of passage, and the perfect way to get
children interested in reading books. Reading to your 5. Reading improves child provides many benefits: language skills, which in turn improves writing skills in the future. 1. Children who are read to have significantly larger and more developed vocabulary.
6. Bonding time together creates cherished memories.
2. Children learn to speak primarily by listening to their 7. Because every good story has a problem, reading parents’ use of language. When you read to your can develop problem-solving skills. children, they will hear good language structures and 8. Reading can increase attention span and focus. As grammar usage and will naturally mimic those. they listen to the book, children are concentrating 3. It is the perfect time to ask your child questions on the story.
LMNO Peas
Preschoolers need a lot of repetition and review to learn letters and letter sounds. There are lots of ABC books at the library, and often there is an ABC sticker on the spine so you can find them easily.
We love LMNO Peas by Keith Baker for its silliness. Each page is filled with little green peas that are acting out things that begin with each letter of the alphabet. We call the skill alliteration, or tongue twister, when there are multiple things that begin with the same sound, ie: five friendly frogs find feathers. While reading together, point out the matching beginning sounds on each page.
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