Playing games, reading together, talking together, and using online resources can help foster elementary reading skills. Activities like playing word games that focus on sounds, reading books multiple times to build fluency, and having conversations that encourage description and explanation can improve a child's ability to read, write, listen and speak. Regular practice identifying letters and words is also beneficial.

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READING SKILLS
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• Think of words that start with
certain sounds.
• Create sentences made up with
words that all start with the same
sound.
• Play games like hangman and
word search.
Your child’s ability to read, write, listen, and speak is critical for his/her success in
school and life. There are a variety of easy, everyday activities you can do with your
child to improve these skills:
Play Together
Read Together
Talk Together
Online Resources• Read the same words, sentences,
and books multiple times to
increase fluency.
• Have your child read aloud to you,
friends, and family members.
• Read poems and rhyming books.
Make lists of the rhyming words
and make up new poems.
• Look up song lyrics and sing the
song together. Talk about what
the song means to each of you.
• Ask your child questions that can’t
be answered with “yes/no.” Have
them describe and explain things.
• Have your child play “teacher.”
After reading a book, your child
should teach you what he/she
learned.
• Practice identifying letters and
words together.
• FunBrain
www.funbrain.com
• PBS Kids
www. pbskids.org/games
• Turtle Diary
www.turtlediary.com
• Study Zone
www.studyzone.org