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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As adults, we speak differently to infants than we do to older children. By talking to your infant using these speech features and creating opportunities for social interaction, your infant will be well on his way to developing language.
Stimulate your child’s vocabulary and conversation skills by playing this guessing game.
Recognizing similarities and differences is an important pre-reading skill. This activity will help your child develop observation skills she will need to distinguish between alphabet letters.
Your child will need to be able to discriminate between different shapes and letters in order to eventually be able to read and write words. This activity will help your child distinguish between shapes and letters.
You can foster your baby’s development of more precise hand movements by encouraging her to feed herself with her fingers and play with objects that require her to use her thumb and forefinger grasp. Sponge blocks are easy to make and can provide your baby with exploration fun, while nurturing coordinated hand movements.
This activity uses environmental print (words in our environment) to expose your child to print awareness. Add paper, crayons and imagination and extend this into a fun writing activity.
Help your child create her own book showcasing some of her favorite things. She will be both the author and the illustrator for this book (with your help, of course!).
With this homemade game, your toddler will love using her pincer grasp (thumb and forefinger) to open the flaps and find her very own photo!
Many toddlers begin to explore with a pencil or crayon between 18 and 24 months. If your toddler shows an interest, you can provide crayons, a suitable writing surface, and a safe place to scribble.
Nothing is more personal to a toddler than her name and picture. Take advantage of this interest by creating a personalized storybook of your toddler’s day.
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