Category: Emergent Writing
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What If…Stories
Your Child Will Learn
How to “write” a story by telling it out loud and drawing pictures to match the story.
Here’s What to Do
- After reading a story that your child knows and enjoys, pose a what if scenario
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Redesign A Book Cover
Your Child Will Learn
Art and pictures on book covers give a preview of the story and gains the interest of readers
Here’s What to Do
- Have your child select a book to read and ask them to describe what
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Our Family Dinner Menu
Your Child Will Learn
Use drawings and words to communicate the menu for family dinners
Here’s What to Do
- On a large piece of paper, drawing 5 big circles or squares and label them with the days of the week;
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Match and Model Letters
Your Child Will Learn
To notice how letters are written and re-create letters with clay.
Here’s What to Do
- Select a place with a flat surface. Set out modeling clay, play dough, or air-dry clay (see below for homemade play
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Draw a Memory
Your Child Will Learn
To communicate their ideas with pictures and words.
Here’s What to Do
- At the end of the week, ask your child to remember one fun thing that happened that week.
- Ask them to draw or paint
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Paint Your Letter
Your Child Will Learn
To write the first letter of their name.
Here’s What to Do
- Spread out newspaper or a tablecloth, and set up large pieces of paper to paint on. Put a small amount of non-toxic paint in
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Our Family Names
Your Child Will Learn
To write more uppercase letters of the alphabet.
Here’s What to Do
- Ask your child to choose types of drawing and coloring materials for this activity; some examples include crayons, markers, color pencils, or paint.
- Ask