Helping Your K/1 Child at Home Presented by Karen Madden, M.Ed.
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This is importantEveryday just talk to your child! Kids need
conversations and to hear new vocabulary so dont be afraid to use
big words. -Talk to your child about the shows they watch. Ask them
to make predictions. Ask them who is their favorite character or
action scene. Ask them to tell you what was the most important
part. -Encourage your child to ask questions at school. Kids who
ask questions are engaged and will learn more than those who
dont!ask questions
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Literacy Activities at Home for Kindergarten and First Grade
You read to me and Ill read to you! It is important to read with
your child daily for at least 15 minutes. Listening to stories read
aloud increases a childs vocabulary significantly. Reading aloud
helps young children understand the way words work in sentences.
Reading with your child next to you (lap time) helps them
understand directionality of reading. We go left to right, top to
bottom. Interestingly, this is the same way we do the most basic
strokes in writing. Reading simple books over and over may seem
boring to you, but to your child it builds confidence, sight words,
and the understanding that words create sentences and helps them
understand there is a one-to-one correspondence on the page. Let
them struggle a bit-Dont just give them the answer, ask them what
strategies they can use to figure it out.
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Phonemic Awareness Tips for Teaching Your Child Phonemic
Awareness Phonemic Awareness Tips for Teaching Your Child Phonemic
Awareness Read and sing nursery rhymes together! Listening to
rhythm and rhyme helps young children develop phonemic awareness.
-Play rhyming games-What rhymes with -Sing songs like Apples &
Bananas, Down by the Bay, Katalina, Matilina, Twink a Link that
change the beginning sounds orally. -Play with words by changing
the beginning sounds of words. Ex Fuzzy Wuzzy, Katie Waitie, baby
waby. What word am I thinking? It has three sounds. It begins with
a c sound and ends with a t. It has an a sound in the middle.
Phonemic Awareness is a foundational building block for good
readers. This is the ability to hear sounds, isolate, and
manipulate individual phonemes, and identify and produce
rhyme.
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Phonics at Home-Letter and Sound Recognition Phonics at the
most basic level is the identification of letters and sounds.
Students then develop an understanding that letters form words,
words form sentences, and sentences make stories. Beginning readers
need lots of practice with letters and sounds. One early indicator
for developing into a good reader is a students ability to
recognize sounds and letter names with automaticity. Expose your
child to as much print as possible. Point out the signs of familiar
stores as you drive and ask them what letters or words they
recognize. Ex. The big M is for McDonalds or W begins the word for
Wendys etc.
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-Play with ABC puzzles. -Play matching games with letters-upper
to lower -Go on a letter or word hunt in magazines, newspapers,
etc. -Play I Spy while in the car -Look for words that start with
a, then b, then c, etc. as you drive. -Use play dough to form
letters and words -Use sidewalk chalk to practice letters and words
when the weather is nice! -Make an environmental print book -Make
an ABC book of familiar people, places, and things and label them
together environmental print book Fun ways to practice phonics
skills at home so that they dont even know they are learning
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Comprehension-Help your child understand what they read! As you
read together daily for at least 15 minutes, stop and talk. Kids
need to hear good modeling of reading AND thinking! Questions to
Ask Before, During and After Reading Did this story remind you of
something that has happened to you? Another story you have read?
Before reading a story, talk about what you know about it already.
Look at the pictures and talk about what you think will happen.
Then stop and discuss if you were correct or incorrect as you read
together. As you are reading together, stop and talk about what
pictures you have in your mind or what image some words make you
think of. When you finish reading a book, ask your child to
summarize the story for you. Ask your child to tell why he/she
liked or didnt like the book. What would make it better? How would
you change it? Comprehension is critical. Seven keys to
comprehension are 1. Making connections 2. Making predictions 3.
Questioning 4. Summarizing 5. Visualization 6. Inferring Meaning 7.
Checking yourself for meaning
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Resources and Ideas for helping your child at home! Set aside a
quiet time for homework. Whatever time you decide, make it a daily
routine. Read even on the weekend. If you present to your child
that reading is important, then your child will believe it too! Go
to the public library together. Play games together-Board games,
chess, checkers, and even computer games! Try www.portaportal.com
madduxreading & madduxmath are the logins. The portaportal has
parent links too! www.portaportal.com