A question I am often asked is "How can I help my child at home?" There are so many things parents can do to reinforce learning at home. Reading to your child is so very important. Share this time to enjoy a good book or an old favorite. Remember it is my job to teach the boys and girls to read, it is your job to teach them how to love books by reading to them. But before children are even ready to learn to read they need to develop their phonemic awareness skills. This simple means teaching them to listen to sounds and patterns in words. It is strictly a listening skill. Phonemic awareness activities are incorporated into our reading on a daily basis. These are simple activities you can do while driving with your child, or while strolling down the grocery store aisles or while tucking your child in before you read that bedtime story. I have listed some phonemic awareness activities that you can easily do at home with your child.
Same/Different - say two words to your child if the words are the same word they say "same" or give you a thumbs up. If the two words are different the give you a thumbs down. You can also do this activity with rhyming words.
Stretch Out the Word - say a word but stretch out the sounds c-a-t then have your child say the word put together
Three in a Row - say three words that all begin with the same sound map, mouse, man have your child tell you the sound all three words begin with
Which One Does Not Belong - say three words, two of those words begin with the same sound sun, sing, tree have your child tell you which word doesn't belong and has a different beginning sound
Syllable Count- say a word to your child have them clap out how many syllable/word parts are in the word
I hope you enjoy these activities and I am looking forward to seeing you at our Parent-Teacher Conferences next week!
Your child's teacher,
Mrs. Straight
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