From Kent District Library – Five Early Literacy Practices to Get Your Child Ready to Read! – includes activities, crafts, books
From Barrie Public Library- Help your child get ready to read with these simple activities:
| Talking Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most critical early literacy skills. The experience of self expression also stimulates brain development, which underlies all learning. Check out our Talking Activities ideas. |
| Singing Singing (which also includes rhyming) increases children’s awareness of and sensitivity to the sounds in words. This helps prepare children to decode print (written language). Check out our Singing Activities ideas. |
| Reading Reading together, or shared reading, remains the single most effective way to help children become proficient readers. Check out our Reading Activities ideas. |
| Writing Writing and reading go together. Writing helps children learn that letters and words stand for sounds and that print has meaning. Check out our Writing Activities ideas. |
| Playing Play is one of the primary ways young children learn about the world. General knowledge is an important literacy skill that helps children understand books and stories once they begin to read. Check out our Playing Activities ideas. |
