The greatest priority for your child’s success is reading with them every day. Because of this, we are asking that you take time every day to read with your child.  This strengthens their love for reading which will help them be successful. We want this to be the priority when working with your child at home, but have included additional activities you may choose if you would like.

“Children are made readers on the laps of their parents” -Emilie Buchwald

“Reading aloud with children is known to be the single most important activity for building the knowledge and skills they will eventually require for learning to read”  -Marilyn Jager Adams

Reading

• Before reading a book, ask your child to read the title and look at the pictures on the cover to make a detailed prediction of what they think will happen in the book

• After reading, ask your child to retell what happened in the story remembering to include characters names, setting and story events in sequence.  Then have them tell a connection they had to the book and why or their favorite part and why.

• Read book from “Book Box” and have your child point to each word has (s)he reads

• Practice sight words (protected page in binder, start with list A...move on to next list as your child is ready)

• Say a word and count out the number of syllables

• Say two words and have them tell you if they rhyme

Writing

• Practice writing first name and last name neatly(First letter capital and rest lowercase)

• Practice writing ABC’s (be sure to start at the top)

• Keep an “Adventure” Journal (writing about what happens in their day)

• Stretch out a word have your child write down each sound (s)he hears

• Practice writing simple sentences using a capital at the beginning, spaces between words and a period at the end

Math

• Practice counting out loud to 100 without skipping any numbers

• Practice counting by 5’s  and 10’s to 100

• Practice identifying numbers to 31 (teen numbers can be very tricky)

• Practice measuring objects around the house using different objects (paper clips, legos, etc)

• Practice writing numbers 0-15

• Practice comparing different sets of numbers to 10

• Practice counting objects to 20  (ie.  say to your child, “show me 15 pennies”)

• Practice making “different” patterns (like color patterns, shape patterns, sound patterns, movement patterns, etc.)  

“When I say to a parent, “read to a child”, I don’t want it to sound like medicine.  I want it to sound like chocolate.  -Mem Fox

“Reading should not be presented to children as a chore or duty.  It should be offered to them as a precious gift”.  -Kate DiCamillo

Print the following document to work on letters, sounds, sight words, shapes, and numbers!