Fun for Parents and Children

Reading is essential to school success. Start now to help your child get ready to read. Learning to read begins before children start school.

Why are parents so important in helping their children get ready to read? You are your child’s first teacher. You know your child best. Children learn best by doing, and they love doing things with you.

Five simple practices help children get ready to read. Help your child get ready to read with simple activities every day.

Talking helps your child get ready to read. Talking: “_________ came to the library today. We’re so glad, we’ll shout ‘Hooray!’”

Use the language you know best to help your child get ready to read.

Talking helps your child get ready to read. Let’s start with a picture walk. We’re going to meet the three little kittens who lost their mittens.

Talking helps your child get ready to read. Use a picture walk to: Learn new words. Take turns. Make connections.

Talking helps your child get ready to read. We’re going on a picture walk. Let’s meet the little red hen and her friends.

Talking helps your child get ready to read. A picture walk is a wonderful way to talk about a book.

Singing helps your child get ready to read. Singing: Songs are a natural way to learn about language.

Singing helps your child get ready to read. This is the way we wash our mittens, Wash our mittens, wash our mittens, This is the way we wash our mittens, Early in the morning. This is the way we eat our pie, Eat our pie, eat our pie, This is the way we eat our pie, Early in the evening. This is the way we say yum-yum, Say yum-yum, say yum-yum, This is the way we say yum-yum, Every day at dinner.

Singing helps your child get ready to read. Singing: This is the way we plant our seeds, Plant our seeds, plant our seeds. This is the way we plant our seeds, Early in the morning. Repeat using: Water the wheat Cut the wheat Go to the mill Make the dough Make the bread Eat the bread

Shared reading is the best way to help your child get ready to read. Reading together with your children is the single most important way to help them get ready to read.

F Y I Shared reading is the best way to help your child get ready to read. Let’s read the Three Little Kittens.

F Y I Shared reading is the best way to help your child get ready to read. Let’s read The Little Red Hen.

Writing helps your child get ready to read. Making MarksDrawing and Writing Name WritingWord Writing Reading and writing go together.

Writing helps your child get ready to read. Reading and writing go together. Let’s write our names on our mittens.

Playing helps your child get ready to read. Children learn about language through different kinds of play.

F Y I Playing helps your child get ready to read. Let’s retell the story of the Three Little Kittens.

F Y I Playing helps your child get ready to read. Let’s retell the story of The Little Red Hen.

Your home can be a learning center to help your child get ready to read. Make your home a learning zone!

Your library helps children get ready to read.

Talking and reading: We have books for you to take home and read together.

Singing: We have music to borrow.

Writing: We have places where you can write.

Playing: We have places to play and learn.

We have programs for all ages.

Join us for more fun workshops for parents and children! Fun with Letters Fun with Words Fun with Science and Math

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