Language+Arts

Literature and Reading Readiness: Reading aloud to your child is a very important part of the kindergarten program. As a first step in learning to read, your child may simply look at pictures and tell about them. Please praise your child for this behavior because pretending to read does lead to actual reading.

In class we spend a significant amount of time just “playing with words.” We work with the sounds that the individual letters make, what the individual letters look like, groups of letters clustered together and sounding out words. Help your child begin to sound out letters as learning opportunities occurs. The more practice, the better your child will get.

Writing and Writing Readiness: Providing your child with daily opportunities to write is a very important part of the kindergarten program. Initially, children may scribble or draw pictures and then tell about their writing. This is a first step. Praise your child. Eventually as your child begins to understand the relationship between letters and sounds he/she will begin to write words. Help your child to sound out words. For example, if your child draws a ball and then writes “bl” for ball, this is wonderful progress. Tell your child that “bl” is excellent kid writing and that adult writing is “ball.” Show them where the extra letters of the word should be. Write the word correctly right underneath your child’s writing. Remember positive reinforcement is extremely significant here! Again, within each child’s developmental scheme, the more practice, the better your child will get.

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