ABC Learn With Me
A Resource for Early Learning
Tips & Tricks for Early Literacy
  • Read to your child EVERY day. Reading to your child right before nap time or bedtime is especially beneficial for developing routines, but reading can take place any time and anywhere.
  • Make reading fun and interesting. Use expression in your voice and change your voice for characters
  • Take reading wherever you go. Your child may enjoy reading in the car, in the grocery cart, while waiting for an appointment, etc.
  • Do pre-reading activities. Show your child the title, author, and illustrator. Take a "picture walk" before reading a story. Let your child look at the pictures and talk about what the story might be about.
  • Let your child interact with the book. It’s okay for your child to interrupt. Let them ask questions and point out things they think are silly or things they like.
  • Make connections to your reading. While you read point out connections. "That little boy is eating oatmeal like you had for breakfast." Make connections to the book in your daily activities. "Oh yum! Those muffins look like the ones in If You Give a Moose a Muffin."
  • Give your child access to books. If books are available and within reach, your child will pick them up. Babies and toddlers love looking at pictures. Older children will mimic your reading, or create stories using the pictures before learning how to read themselves.
  • Read EVERYTHING! Show your child that reading isn’t just something you do with a book. Read shopping lists, cereal boxes, street signs, etc.)
  • Link reading with writing. Let your child make a shopping list while you do and show them how you read over it. Have your child write and then ask them to tell you what they wrote. You will be amazed at what a bunch of squiggly lines may say.
  • Give your child rich experiences to draw upon in their learning. Take your child to local events, story readings, music, plays, museums, zoos, fairs, etc.
  • Become friends with your library & local bookstores. Many local libraries and bookstores offer weekly story times and other events for free!



Gotta Keep Reading Video
Source: https://www.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=159726&title=Gotta_Keep_Reading