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Preschool-Kindergarten

Pre-Reading Skills

We don’t often think about 3, 4 and 5 year old children as “readers” and “writers”.  However, this is an important time to build the pre-reading skills needed for success later. These skills align to create a strong foundation for literacy.

Preschool

Here is a resource that can help you to create a love of literacy in your home. You can also learn more about each skill and how to support the skills development at home by selecting the skill below.

  • Print Awareness ~ Activities to help develop your child’s understanding of what print is, how print works, and how it is organized
  • Phonemic & Phonological Awareness ~ Activities to help your child build the ability to identify and play with individual sounds in spoken words.
  • Vocabulary Activities ~ Activities to help your child practice learning new words and understanding the meaning behind them.
  • Oral Language Comprehension Activities ~ Activities to help your child understand that words have meanings.
  • Writing Activities ~ Activities to help your child practice skills that will help them to become a strong writer.

Kindergarten

Here is a resource to help you build your Kindergartener’s literacy skills. You can also learn more about each of the skills and what you can do at home to support development by selecting the skill below.