Pre-reading (or early literacy) skills set your child up for future success in school and reading, so it’s important to help your child develop these skills at home. Get your child ready to read through these simple, everyday activities.
1. Talking
Having conversations with your child builds vocabulary and helps them understand the world.
2. Singing
Children learn about language through rhythm, rhyme, and using words to tell stories through song. Sing silly playtime songs and calming bedtime songs with your little ones or join us at the library for any of our free storytime programs, which include songs, rhymes, and movement activities.
3. Reading
The library has a huge collection of board books and picture books. Check out books on a regular basis and read to your child often. Reading to your infant, toddler, or preschooler is the number one most important activity for developing pre-reading skills.
4. Writing
Put a crayon in that little fist and watch as shaky fine motor skills grow into practicing writing letters and numbers. Drawing and the beginnings of writing teach the brain to communicate language through symbols.
5. Playing
Play helps children think symbolically and express themselves and their thoughts through words and actions.
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