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Early Literacy Skills: Playing With Sounds
There are six early literacy skills that have been defined by a panel of reading experts. Why are early literacy skills important? They help your child build a foundation to get ready to learn to read...
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Early Literacy Skills: What’s the Word?
At the dinner table, my three-year-old and I play this game. I scoop up some food on my fork and say, “This bite is BIG!” She does the same and declares, “This bite is ENORMOUS!” “Humongous,” “giant”...
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Early Literacy Skills: Upbeat About Books
You sit down with your baby and a board book, and she listens for a bit but then tries to eat it or throw it. Or maybe she uses it as a drum. Don’t despair—at this early stage on the road to reading,...
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Early Literacy Skills: A Is for Apple
When my kiddo was younger, I wanted him to know the alphabet. In fact, I was so intent on him recognizing letters that I didn’t even think about how not-fun my approach was. I would demand, “What...
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Early Literacy Skills: Tell Me a Story
You have read “Goodnight Moon” 500 times, and you know it by heart. Your child loves the book so much that he can tell you the story without even knowing how to read. While this repetitiveness may seem...
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Early Literacy Skills: The Power of Print
Words represent things. When I present you with the word apple, no matter whether the piece of fruit that appears in your head is red or green, you know what the letters a-p-p-l-e mean. This seemingly...
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Early Literacy Skills: Dear Diary…
When I was little, I hated to go to bed. I think bedtime stories were read every night without fail not just because my parents were big readers, but also because they had calculated I needed...
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