Summer Literacy

I spy letters: When out and about or driving spy letters on license plates, signs, etc. You can also hunt for letters in newspapers + magazines - use a magnifying lens and highlighter for extra fun ; )

Rhyme time: Find rhymes for everything. There are lots of great songs to practice like Down by the Bay by Raffi.

Play follow the leader, tracing lines in sand or with chalk.

Try to find words that make the same initial sound. For example B makes Ball, Beach, Bag.

I Spy letter sounds: Find things that make that sound. Too easy? Switch it up and use the ending sound instead.

Clap out syllables, and try to challenge students to find 5 2-syllable words or race them to it.

Search for words on signs while driving in the car.

Practice tracing/writing letters, shapes, or words in the sand, in the mud, in shaving cream, using paint, using water, or anything your child is interested in.

Find objects that make rhyming sounds and match them together.

Practice making your child's name in different ways, with magnet letters, legos, in sand, in shaving cream.

Write out your child's name in big letters. Have them fill in the lines using small objects such as cheerios, beads, or gems. Be creative!

Collect a variety of materials that can make a straight line (pencils, straws, sticks) and a curvy line (string, pipe cleaners, long grass) and use them to create designs and letters.

Use pre-written words and have your child make the word using magnetic letters, beads, rocks, or any other object you can find.

Make a sentence puzzle: write a whole sentence twice, cut one up into words and have your child match the words back together to make the sentence. Nursery rhymes work great for this.

Pick a letter and have your child find items around the house that start with that letter sound.

Create 3D letters using Legos.

Act out your favorite stories with stuffies or puppets.