The first five years are so very important.
Lets talk about why it is important to read to your children.
This website has is chocked full of reading tips for families. Find resources, activities, read aloud stories, glossary for related reading terms, and so much more. The site can instantly be translated to the languages show on the upper right of each page and has a "user way" tool in the lower righthand corner, the circle icon, that offers a more robust menu to suite one's needs.
Need help navigating, check out the video that walks you through using the "user way" menu for ease of readability of the site. Trifold information Flyer for Reading Tips for Families |
Take-away tips from Story Time you can do at home!
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Attending story time is great for your child and you. But it is not ALL fun for parent and child, there are educational components associated with the fingerplay, rhyming, and repetition that build on the literacy foundation you have started.
Learn why from these tips.
Learn why from these tips.
Lets talk about why it is important to read to your children.
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Maya Payne Smart has a new book, Reading for Our Lives, A Literacy Action Plan from Birth to Six, that shares why parents should read to their children from birth. It's not just about the act of reading, it's about the brain building with interaction and the connection... babbling conversations back and forth, following the lines of words on the page, turning the page.
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Lets talk about school readiness.Literacy coordinator for Marion City Schools shares some facts about the number of words your child should be exposed to. Prepare your children by communicating with them. Interaction builds a baby's brain. Be the connection by communicating.
Talk to your child!!! |
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Why Read 20 Minutes daily?
It is so very important to READ 20 MINUTES daily to your child. One of our local pre school teachers shares reasons why.
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Connecting Rhymes and ReadingReading and rhymes teach words. Marion Public Library gives an explanation of what and why this prepares kids for reading and learning.
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3 Talking TipsLiteracy coordinator for Marion City Schools shares 3 tips on talking and leading a conversation with your child and why it leads to building literacy skills as a child grows.
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Children learn as you read to them.Librarian Whittney Mahle covers what your children are learning from your reading to them. Knowing the parts of a book are importing building blocks.
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Why Early Literacy makes a difference.Literacy coordinator for Marion City Schools shares why early literacy skill matter before a child's reaches school age.
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Reading to Infants and ToddlersAn Early Childhood Interventionist of Marion City Schools shares why you are the most important teacher your child will ever have.
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Have you ever heard about Popcorn Words?These two Elgin students what you to know about the words that always pop up in children's books. The repetition of these words builds a habit of recognizing and become comfortable reading and remembering basic words.
Click here for a list of POPCORN words. |