Quick and Easy Ways to support literacy and learning at home:
Reading books with your child anytime (i.e. before school, after school, bedtime)
This quick video provides suggestions on how to make reading at home active reading
I spy games (i.e. - I spy something that starts with the sound /th/ (thumb), etc.)
Daily conversations about their day, what they did, best part of their day, who they played with, what they ate, etc.
Oral storytelling (kids love to hear stories about when they were babies)
Matching Games - (i.e. - use index cards to make a sight word matching game (words from lists A & B at the beginning of the year)
Board games
Following 2 and 3 step directions at home
(i.e. - first put your shoes on, then put your coat on, then grab your backpack)
Practicing zipping/buttoning their clothing and tying their shoes to help improve fine motor skills