1. Print Awareness |
Print Awareness This is really just noticing print. Noticing words everywhere, knowing how to handle a book, knowing how to follow words on a page. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Read books to your child.
- Let them see you turn the pages. Let them try too!
- Point to signs and words that are around you in everyday life and read them aloud to your child
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Talkers
- Point to the words from time to time as you read, so the child learns that you are reading the text, not the pictures
- Hold the book upside-down and see if the child knows that it has to be turned
- Point out signs and read them aloud
- Use every opportunity to read print aloud
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Pre-Readers
- Let your child turn the pages
- Hold the book upside-down and see if the child knows that it has to be turned
- Let your child make his/her own book
- Point out signs and read them aloud
- Use every opportunity to read print aloud
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2. Print Motivation |
Print Motivation A child’s interest in and enjoyment of books. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Let your child see that reading is fun
- Make book sharing a special time for you and your child
- Short periods of time are okay
- Schedule is not as important as the moods of the child and the adult too!
- Keep books in the toy box or on an accessible shelf for your child to look at whenever they wish
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Talkers
- Make book sharing a special time for you and your child
- Short periods of time are okay
- Schedule is not as important as the moods of the child and the adult too!
- Keep books in the toy box or on an accessible shelf for your child to look at whenever they wish
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Pre-Readers
- Make book sharing a special time for you and your child
- Short periods of time are okay
- Schedule is not as important as the moods of the child and the adult too!
- Keep books in the toy box or on an accessible shelf for your child to look at whenever they wish
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3. Vocabulary |
Knowing the names of things. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Use many words and a variety of words
- Explain unfamiliar words
- Read books which have a different vocabulary from conversation
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Talkers
- Use many words and a variety of words
- Explain unfamiliar words
- Read books which have a different vocabulary from conversation
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Pre-Readers
- Use many words and a variety of words
- Explain unfamiliar words
- Read books which have a different vocabulary from conversation
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4. Narrative Skills |
Being able to describe things. Being able to understand and tell stories. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Name things (both real and pictures in books)
- Add description
- Listen as your child tries to talk, be patient
- Tell stories to your child
- Talk about what is happening or what happened as you move through your day
- Narrate your life
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Talkers
- Name things (both real and pictures in books)
- Add description
- Listen as your child tries to talk, be patient
- Let your child tell you what is happening or something that happened (two or three things in a row)
- Read a story several times and let the child tell you what happens and what happens next
- Let your child retell a story with props, dolls or puppets
- Let your child draw and tell you what is happening in the picture
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Pre-Readers
- Name things (both real and pictures in books)
Add description
- Tell stories to your child. They learn how a story is told. This will help develop reading comprehension later.
- Listen as your child tries to talk, be patient
- Let your child tell you what is happening or something that happened (two or three things in a row)
- Let your child retell a story with props, dolls or puppets
- Let your child draw and tell you what is happening in the picture
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5. Letter Awareness |
Learning that letters are different from each other. Learning that each letter has a name and specific sounds that go along with it. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Babies need to understand things through their senses. Use real things to help them understand their world.
- Point out things that are alike and different
- Feel and talk about shapes
- Show some ABC books
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Talkers
- Point out how things are alike and different
- Feel different shapes and talk about shapes
- Use ABC books
- Let your child see his/her name written
- Play with magnet letters
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Pre-Readers
- Use ABC books
- Let your child see his/her name written
- Let him try to write some letters (use thick crayons or pencils)
- Play with magnet letters
- Find letters all around
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6. Phonological Awareness |
The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words. What parents and caregivers can do to develop this skill:
Pre-Talkers
- Sing songs
- Repeat rhymes
- Play rhyming word games, using silly words too
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Talkers
- Sing songs
- Repeat rhymes
- Play rhyming word games, using silly words too
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Pre-Readers
- Sing songs
- Repeat rhymes
- Read rhyming books
- Say tongue twisters
- Play rhyming word games, using silly words too
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