You can help your child succeed at reading long before they are ever ready to sound out words on their own. Building your child's early literacy skills will set them on the path to success! The skills are:
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Print Awareness: Noticing print everywhere |
Phonological Awareness: Knowing sounds |
Narrative Skills: Knowing how stories work |
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Letter Knowledge: Naming letters and their sounds |
Vocabulary: Knowing lots of words |
Background Knowledge: Knowing about the world all around |
How do you build these skills? Here are five fun, free, and easy ways:
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• Go to Mother Goose on the Loose (storytime for babies!)
• Sign up for 1000 Books Before Kindergarten and win a free book and other prizes!
• Sign up for Imagination Library and receive a free book in the mail every month!
• Watch Lakeshore Public Media's Building Blocks for a great look at why early literacy and learning - just what we practice with our programs here at LCPL - are so important for babies and children!
LCPL staff have selected these books because kids love them and they help build important pre-reading skills. Check them out today!
Want more hand-picked kids' books? You can request a surprise bag of kids' books for curbside pickup!
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Title: A is for Autumn by Robert Maass Skills: • Phonological Awareness • Vocabulary • Letter Knowledge Practices: • Writing • Talking Extend the book with a nature walk scavenger hunt!
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Title: Boo the Library Ghost by Becky Paige Skills: • Background Knowledge • Narrative Skills • Vocabulary Practices: • Reading • Talking Extend the book with a leaf ghost craft! |
