Just like the 5 Little Pumpkins poem, the 5 Little Turkeys can also help your child with phonemic awareness. This poem lends itself to learning about counting backwards and subtracting 1. Put out 5 turkey cut outs, and each time a turkey “waddles away” take a turkey away. The use of turkey cut outs...
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Reading is the ability to make meaning from words. This means that your child not only needs to recognize or be able to sound out words, but also has to put the words together and understand what they mean. Interacting with text to construct meaning is often referred to as active reading. You can...
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Poetry is a great way to build your child’s phonemic awareness. This classic Halloween poem encourages phonemic awareness, the understanding of ordinal numbers, and dramatic play. Teachers like to use this poem during the month of October. Reciting the same poem at home reinforces what is being taught at school. Adding hand movements to...
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When a child completes a reading assignment, he/she will most likely be able to answer some basic factual questions about what was read. The ability to relay back the facts is a stepping stone to being able to answer more interpretive questions. As a child progresses through school, he/she is going to need to...
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For some children, learning to read comes easily, and yet for others, reading is a struggle. Every child is different. As a parent, you can give your child the tools to understanding reading, but your child has to learn how to use those tools and unlock the reading code on his/her own. If you...
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