1. Present a capital and lower case I to your child. Ask if he knows the name of the letter. Explain that I is one of the letters that makes different sounds in words. One is the same as the name of the letter (provide examples of the hard I sound, ice, idea, etc). See […]
What is literacy? Literacy means being able to read and write. Why is reading important? A child’s reading skills are important to their success in school and work. In addition, reading can be a fun and imaginative activity for children, which opens doors to all kinds of new worlds for them. Reading and writing are […]
The Letter G is an unreliable letter. It makes the “guh” (hard g – /g/ sound) as in garden or dog or the “juh” (soft g – /j/ sound) as in giraffe. When combined with the letter “d”, a grapheme is formed which sounds like /j/ (as in ledger) G is part of the ‘gh’ […]
1. Make Practicing Fun Offer your child a special pencil or a rainbow of colored ones. Don’t just give her words to copy. Try simple word puzzles, anagrams, a game of hangman, or ask her to brainstorm lists around a theme to give writing practice a purpose. Â 2. Encourage Drawing and Puzzle Games In […]
1. Present a lower case and capital E to your child. Explain that E is one of the letters that sometimes makes the same sound as its name. Give examples of long E words, such as eagle, easy, easel and evening. Ask if she knows another sound E makes. Give examples of short e sounds […]
Instead of spending money on activity gyms for your living room, position two sturdy wooden chairs back to back about 4 feet away from each other. Insert a broom through the rails of the chairs so that that broom handle rests on the seat of one chair and the brush side sits on the other. […]
Visual stimulation—the perspective that changes with movement; the colors of the scarves and things viewed through them  Place a scarf over your head and invite baby to pull it off.  Place several in an empty container and invite the child to pull them out and stuff them back in.  Play music and […]
The Letter C is an unreliable, redundant letter. It either makes the /k/ sound as in cat or the /s/ sound as in celery. It is considered redundant because it doesn’t make a unique sound. The Letter C is part of the /ch/ digraph as in chicken When C is followed by ‘e’ or ‘i’ […]
