Reading and Writing

-Read to your child EVERY day.

-Allow your child to choose books.

-Talk about the books after reading them.

-Let your child hold the book and turn the pages as you read.

-Point to the words as you read so that your child associates words with reading.

-Encourage your child to read the pictures and talk about them.

-Read the same 2-3 books every day for a week, then switch.

-Go to the library.

-Model reading in front of your child.

-Be excited about reading with your child.  It's contagious!

-Provide a place for your child to write.

-Provide your child with plenty of writing supplies (lined and blank paper, envelopes, index cards, sticky notes, note cards, notebooks, pencils, pens, crayons, markers, etc.).

-Provide authentic writing opportunities for your child (thank you notes, party invitations, letters to family, grocery list, etc.).

-Be a writing role model.

-Start a vocabulary notebook.

-Encourage your child to keep a journal.