Hi everyone! I hope you are all enjoying your summers. This summer I’m taking two online classes and one of the assignments is to plan a family literacy night. Although I’ve been wanting to do this for quite some time, I haven’t. So, I’m glad that I’m getting that push to do it! One thing I have always wanted to create for a family literacy night is a beginning reading guide for parents. Keep in mind I work at a school with a lot of parent involvement. I get asked a lot what they can do at home. I’m so lucky and so are their children! I find that, while giving ideas about what to do at home, I feel the need to give background knowledge about reading. It’s hard to give tips and ideas when parents do not have any general information about the process of learning to read. I have handed out separate resources before, but I never put it all together in one nice, neat packet. Until now!
You can find resources and information about teaching the alphabet HERE.
Please note: The ideas in the phonemic awareness section come from my Phonemic Awareness Take-home kit. You can find a TON of information about phonemic awareness in these old posts HERE and HERE.
You can find an old post about sight words HERE.
You can find an old, but very detailed blog post about reading strategies HERE.
