Topic: Beginning Reading
Help your child practice early literacy skills and understand ideas during everyday life.
Help your child practice speech sounds and letters during everyday life.
Help your child practice language skills and understand ideas during everyday life.
Taking part in literacy experiences at home can develop your child’s reading ability, comprehension, and language skills. Activities that you can engage in at home include: joint reading, drawing, singing, storytelling, reciting, game playing, and rhyming. You can tailor activities to your child’s age and ability level, and can incorporate technology into your learning opportunities.
In this tutorial, you will learn evidence-based information about your child’s reading development from preschool through adolescence, all in an interactive online experience.
Expert: Jeanne Waznek, Ph.D
Expert: Mark Seidenberg Ph.D.
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Beginning Reading Resources
Although all children develop at their own pace, there are reading readiness skills that children commonly develop based on their age. Knowing what to look for not only helps you follow their development, it can alert you to any reading skills that may need extra attention.
Topic: Beginning Reading
This sheet by the Idaho Commission for Libraries includes an activity, song, and
tips to help develop your young child's interest in early literacy.
Topic: Beginning Reading
Reading comprehension can be challenging for kids. Kids must master a number of key skills, like decoding, to fully understand what they're reading.
Topic: Beginning Reading
The research reported here is funded by awards to the National Center on Improving Literacy from the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, in partnership with the Office of Special Education Programs (Award #: S283D160003). The opinions expressed are those of the authors and do not represent views of OESE, OSEP, or the U.S. Department of Education. Copyright © 2021 National Center on Improving Literacy. https://improvingliterarcy.org
