| Learning to Read and Write Overview |
Parent Education Topics |
Suggested Activities |
Phonological Awareness
- Phonemic awareness instruction helps children
of all ages (National
Reading Panel, 2000).
- Few children develop phonemic awareness naturally. When
teachers plan activities and interact with children to draw attention
to phonemes, children's awareness
develops (Neuman, Copple, & Bredekamp, 2000; Snow, Burns, & Griffin,
1998).
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- Using rhymes, songs and chants with children in English and the home
language (3-5, K-3)
- Using books in English to promote phonological awareness
(3-5, K-3)
- Helping children write
words based only on
sounds (K-3)
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- Demonstrate rhyming songs in English for parents; ask them to share
rhyming songs in
their home language
(3-5, K-3)
- Record parents singing a favorite song in their native language
and
provide copies for
them to share (3-5,
K-3)
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Letters and Words
- Letter and word knowledge is a precursor to a child
becoming a productive reader (Snow, Burns, & Griffin, 1998).
- Teachers can facilitate
children's alphabetic learning through practice in recognizing, naming,
and producing letters of the alphabet
(Neuman, 2001).
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- Playing and
experimenting with
letters and their sounds
(3-5)
- Making letters with a
variety of household
materials (3-5)
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- Share ideas on how to
use items in the
home-alphabet soup
or pasta, cereals, and
cartons- to teach
letters. (3-5)
- Demonstrate the concept of letter walls and labeling (K-3)
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Types of Text
- When adults read to children regularly, children learn to distinguish
the language used in
books from conversational language
(Neuman, Copple, & Bredekamp,
2000).
- Children need to have access to an abundance of high-quality books and
magazines on a daily basis
(Burns, Griffin, & Snow, 1999).
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- Exploring different genres and how to read them with children (3-5,
K-3)
- Selecting a variety of
children's reading
material (All)
- Exploring the different
forms and functions of
print (3-5, K-3)
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- Discuss different types
of texts with parents
- Provide parents the opportunity to interact with a variety
of texts
- Discuss the process of
choosing appropriate
books (All)
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