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.

Inspiring Your Child

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Look for inspirational moments or characters in the stories you read with together. Point out life-changing events in the movies you watch. Tell your child inspirational stories about characters or people you admire. You and your child are the main characters in your stories. Recall the big moments in your own lives.

Teaching Your Child

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You have the leading role in the stories your child sees unfolding each day. Play to your audience. Notice what makes them laugh or cry. Pay attention to the things they dread and the things they run towards. Then give them more of the things that light them up.

Start Here

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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.