Supporting Your LIttle Learners at Home
Looking for ways to support your 5K or 1st grade student?
Tip #1 is keep it short and fun!
The best thing you can do is read to your child, but I know sometimes caregivers want to do a little more. I hope you'll find some of these ideas and games useful and enjoyable!
Here are some components that are essential to success in reading!
Learning Letter Sounds with Sounds in Motion
SIM: all ABCs (slower with some descriptions).webmThis video moves at a slower pace.
Have your child follow along with the teacher to review letter sounds. They should the do the motion along with the sound.
SIM - whole ABCs (fast).webmThis video moves at a faster pace.
Have your child follow along with the teacher to review letter sounds. They should the do the motion along with the sound.
Phonemic Awareness Games
Children develop phonemic awareness at different ages. You can see the stages move from less complex to more complex as they climb the ladder
More coming soon! You'll find directions and videos explaining some fun games that will review phonemic awareness skills!
Fun Literacy Learning Choice Boards
K5 Enrichment Menu April.pdfMay K5 Enrichment Menu Draft.pdfNursery Rhymes
There's a reason we learn nursery rhymes as young children. They help us develop an ear for our language. Rhyme and rhythm highlight the sounds and syllables in words. And understanding sounds and syllables helps kids learn to read! How many nursery rhymes does your child know?
Try this fun game out right now:Read children's poems aloud and leave off the final word, having your child fill in the missing rhyming word:"Run, run, as fast as you can,You can't catch me, I'm the gingerbread ____."