Literacy Archives

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.

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.

Start Here

Your child needs to take small literacy steps and climb steep literacy hills before they scale literacy mountains. They need to train daily, building their literacy muscles little by little. You are their trainer and guide; keeping pace and cheering them on.

How to Teach Colors to Preschoolers (Ages 3–5)

These simple steps show how to teach colors to preschoolers through everyday play.

Simple, playful ways to teach colors to your preschooler while building early literacy, language, and confidence.

How to Teach Shapes to Preschoolers (Ages 3–5)

These simple steps show how to teach shapes to preschoolers through everyday play.

Simple, playful ways to teach shapes to your preschooler while building early literacy, problem-solving, and confidence.

How to Teach Letters and Sounds to Preschoolers (Ages 3–5)

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Simple, playful ways to teach letters to your preschooler while building early reading, phonics, and confidence.

How to Teach Numbers to Preschoolers (Ages 3–5)

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Simple, playful ways to teach numbers to your preschooler while building early math, counting, and confidence.

Learning to Match

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.

Learning to Sort

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 Tools

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.