...And we continue with the latest installment of Early Literacy. Now remember that early literacy skills are skills that kids have before they learn how to read, and we certainly do not expect your baby, toddler, or pre-schooler to know how to read. Today we're talking about Letter Knowledge. This skill kind of speaks for itself: it means, yep that's right, knowing about letters. Enough said. Ways that you may be able to help your children gain the skill of letter knowledge are:
- Teach them shapes. Before they can begin to recognize letters, they have to be able to recognize basic shapes and see that there is a difference between them.
- Point out every day things with letters and words on them (street signs, cereal boxes, etc)
- Choose books that emphasize certain words or letters with bold or big letters
Join me sometime in the next couple of weeks for Early Literacy, Ch. 4: Print Motivation.
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