The best way to fine tune your child’s reading skills is to find time to practice every day. And most kids learn better when they’re doing something they want to do, not because they have to. These kid-approved activities and games are fun and help build reading skills. They’re simple enough to make part of your routine: during playtime, at meals and snacks, or when you’re out and about.
These kid-approved activities and games are fun and help build reading skills. They’re simple enough to make part of your routine: during playtime, at meals and snacks, or when you’re out and about.
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There’s a good chance your 3-year-old loves to talk and has gotten pretty good at it! Now you can work on strengthening his developing listening skills. This fun game will help your little one listen carefully and discover that words can break apart into smaller sound units.
When we talk to babies, we instinctively exaggerate words, slow down and elevate the pitch of words. In this way, we can help babies distinguish between different sounds or syllables in words and even identify where one word ends and the next word begins.
The noises that your baby is making at this stage are his attempts at speaking real words. Sometimes, the sounds give you a laugh! Well, let your baby know that you enjoyed his “joke” and that you want him to keep making more sounds, babbles and coos.
At this stage, you are getting your baby used to a series of routines. Reading about and talking about routines help to make them part of your baby’s life.
Mealtime is a great time to strike up a conversation with your baby. Explore the five senses as you feed your baby at mealtime.
Your baby can’t get enough of listening to you talk! Your baby is familiar with and focused on your voice, its tone and its cadence. You can stimulate your baby’s oral language abilities by just talking to her…about anything!
Children at this age can begin to copy a circle, cut on a line and make horizontal strokes. The strokes of a paintbrush are effective and fun for your child at this stage of development. This activity gives your child some painting fun.
Providing many opportunities for your child to write with a variety of items is the key to promoting the foundation for the love of writing. Just as you read daily with your children, set aside time and dedicated space for your child’s drawing and writing.
Young infants are sensitive to the different sounds of speech. This is one reason babies enjoy songs, rhymes and chants. Since your child is producing a variety of sounds, you can begin to connect these sounds to the songs/chants that she already enjoys!
Even if you don’t consider yourself to be a good singer, your baby loves the sound of your voice. Humming and singing to your baby soothes him and gives you some happy bonding time.
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