Literacy Activities to Try at Home

* Rhyming

Have fun rhyming words, read books with rhyming words and sing songs with words that rhyme.

* Have your child repeat clapping patterns

* Recite the alphabet

* Count or clap syllables in words

* Give a word and have your child clap the word in syllables (bas-ket, clap two times)

* Give a word and ask your child for the sound at the beginning and/or end of the word

* Have your child list words that begin with a certain letter sound

* Make or buy letter cards and practice letter names and sounds

* Make or buy 2 letter card decks and play memory match

* Match uppercase and lowercase letters

* When ready, blend consonant-vowel-consonant (CVC) words (ex. pit, fog)