Category: Emergent Reading
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Label Your Home
Your Child Will Learn
To identify letters and their sounds
Here’s What to Do
- Before you begin, use post-it notes or small sheets of paper to write labels for 10 objects in your home. Make sure some of the names
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My Alphabet Book
Your Child Will Learn
To recognize most letters and know the sounds they make.
Here’s What to Do
- Create a 27-page booklet with standard-size paper. Write “My Alphabet Book” on the cover, and write the capital and lowercase letters at
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Words in Books
Your Child Will Learn
Written words in books have meanings that correspond with the pictures
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a book with short sentences and lots of pictures.
- While reading the book to your child, ask them questions about
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Our Word Wall
Your Child Will Learn
How to learn new vocabulary words and sort these words into groups
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a place in your home where you can display a collection of words with your child or children; make
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Draw a Story
Your Child Will Learn
About the elements of stories in books and how to re-tell stories
Here’s What to Do
- Read a picture book that your child is very familiar with. As you read, point out story elements like characters, settings,
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All the Parts of Books
Your Child Will Learn
Learn about the parts of books and where to find them
Here’s What to Do
- Use a book that your child is very familiar with as an example to explore. As you read, explain the parts
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It’s Book Time
Your Child Will Learn
How to explore books through the senses (looking, touching, and with their mouth)
Here’s What to Do
- Choose a book that will gain the interest of your infant (soft books, books with textures, board books, picture
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Book Exploration
Your Child Will Learn
About the important part of books (like the cover, pages, pictures, and words).
Here’s What to Do
- Set out some books that will gain the interest of your child (soft books, books with textures, board books,
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Letters Around Us
Your Child Will Learn
Recognize letters in words that are seen in familiar places
Here’s What to Do
- Plan a visit to a familiar place with letters and words in the environment, like a street in your neighborhood or a
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Characters in Books
Your Child Will Learn
Describe main characters and their actions in books
Here’s What to Do
- Staple a few sheets of paper together to create a journal for recording information about book characters
- Read a book that your child is