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Early Literacy Tips for Families

Language development in children: 0-8 years

Language development is an important part of child development.

It supports your child’s ability to communicate. It also supports your child’s ability to:

express and understand feelings
think and learn
solve problems
develop and maintain relationships.

12 Tips for Parents to Boost Early Literacy for Young ChildrenCheck out these 12 early learning literacy tips to help your child develop a healthy habit of reading and create small bonding moments with them.

Parent and Community Resources - Raising ReadersParent and Community Resources This library of resources connects you with free, downloadable materials and organizations that support your child’s early learning. Raising Readers Resources Raising Readers’ Book Lists are...

Early Literacy Tips! - Plymouth District LibraryEvery Child Ready to Read® incorporates simple practices for parents/caregivers to develop early literacy skills from Birth to Age 5. We will add new literacy tips every week on our Facebook page! Talk about colors! Ask your child what his/her favorite color is and share yours. Talk about things that are those colors. Make up silly songs about every day activities! “This is the way we make the bed, make the bed, make the bed“ Practice counting! An Example would be to count your snacks, How many goldfish crackers are on your plate? Be a reading role model. Let your child catch you reading a book, newspaper, or magazine! Write a list of things to do today. Have your child check off each as it is completed. Use a red crayon to keep a list of all the red things you see today. Red car, red truck, red door. Play store. Set up a little store with items in your house and take turns being the shopper and the check out clerk. Talk about concepts like “on” and “off” when you put on and take off hats and jackets. Make music with things you have in the house- pots, pans, spoons, and sing and dance around to the music you make Pick a letter of the alphabet and practice tracing it. Play “I Spy” with rhyming words. I spy something with my little eye, something that rhymes with fly! What is it? Point out the shapes of different objects, talk about how they are alike and how they are different. Have a music parade. Play pretend instruments while you march around the house. Sing a song in a high voice; sing a song in a low voice. Sing it slow; sing it fast. Count to 5 as you spin in

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Family Fun Activities

20 Fun At-Home Learning Activities for Toddlers and Pre-K-Aged KidsHave fun with letters, numbers, and shapes.

15 At-Home Learning Activities for ToddlersTry simple and fun learning activities for toddlers to discover colors, shapes, numbers, and letters together at home!

Boredom Busters: 110 Fun At-Home Activities for Families & KidsOur list of Boredom Busters includes over 100 fun (and mostly free) activities that you and your kids can enjoy at home. This handy list can easily be printed and placed on the refrigerator -

20 Fun Family Weekend Activities to Do at HomeFamily fun doesn't require leaving the house. Here are 20 fun family activities you can do together at home.

Augusta Literacy Center:

Books for Shay

The Augusta University Literacy Center partners with Books for Shay every year to collect and distribute new and gently used books for k-5 schoolchildren, in honor of Shaylin Foster.

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