Literacy 101

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A simple guide to how your child learns to read, with clear steps to help you support literacy at every stage.

Reading Ritual

A routine is when you repeat an activity regularly without putting much thought into it. A ritual is when you infuse a repeated activity with purpose and meaning. Developing a reading ritual is the first step to teaching your child other literacy skills.

All About Me

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About me preschool activities help children learn to talk about themselves while building language, confidence, and early literacy skills. Try simple, playful ways to get your child communicating.

Making Art

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We all begin as creative beings. And most of us strive to include creativity in our lives. We connect with art, music, photography, theater, and design because it makes us feel a certain way. Helping your child express themselves through creative pursuits gives them a voice and emotional outlet.

Learning Tools

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Teaching your child to use tools properly will ensure that they’re safe and comfortable when they are doing activities that require them. Once they enter school, they will be expected to use these tools independently and on a daily basis.

Learning to Sort

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Your child has been learning to identify items by color, shape, and size. Then they learned how to match objects that were similar. Now it’s time to put that knowledge to the test. Children can now practice their abilities by sorting objects in different ways using their attributes.

Learning to Match

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This skill focuses on your child’s ability to find items that are the same. At first they may match two things that are red. As they become more skilled, they’ll match two apples that are red. And then two different fruits that are both red.