READING RESOURCES AND ACTIVITIES FOR PARENTS
ACTIVITIES TO ENCOURAGE LITERACY IN THE HOME
- Make a library map (map out the libraries in your town)
Libraries are great resources for literacy! Admission is often at low or no cost, however, they can be underutilized. To help students to be more aware of these resources, let’s make a map.
• Instructions:
Make a map of all the libraries within 5-10 miles of your home and the various ways that you can get there. Ask your child to pick a library and a route and ask the child to direct you there. Once you get to the library, ask your child to pick a book to read together.
- Review games
One way to improve literacy outside of school is to make ‘homework’ a game. This is a passive way to deepen the impression of the information taught during school.
• Instructions:
Students will create flashcards in class with words that can have a beginning letter or letters of a word and ending letters of a word. At home, they can try putting together as many words as they can mixing and matching in various combinations. Different combinations will bring up different questions. For example, r-ed and r-ead will have two different sounds. Parents can through the difference between the 'e' in r-ed and r-ead with the help of the teacher guide.
*Students can also use apps like Teach Your Monster to Read and Phonics Genius to improve literacy in their spare time.
- Start a family book club
Another way to improve literacy is to read with your children. By reading with your children, you are creating an environment where literacy is important. Reading at home with your children will also bring any reading issues to a parent’s attention.
• Instructions:
Have students pick a book for the family to read together and talk about the literary elements of the book, parts of speech, theme, etc. You can pick a book from your teacher's library or the school library and get input from the teacher about what might be beneficial for the student to learn from the book.
Socio-economic benefits & Statistics
⁃ learning about the literary opportunities in your community helps families to be able to take advantage of those opportunities. In knowing that an opportunity is available, families might be more encouraged to open memberships.
⁃ using games to learn things like suffixes and prefixes will help students with vocabulary. The more their vocabulary increases the more likely they are to improve literacy.
⁃ family joining in on the learning experience increases the literacy of the student and can also be beneficial for the parent's literacy.
- Family participation in education can improve not only the students’ academic progress but their behavioral progress as well.
- Lack of exposure to literature within a child’s community increases the chances of falling behind their peers.
- The use of visual aids improves literacy.
References
Birch, H. G., & Belmont, L. (1965). Auditory-Visual Integration, Intelligence and Reading Ability in School Children. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 20(1), 295–305. https://doi.org/10.2466/pms.1965.20.1.295
Grolig, L., Cohrdes, C., Tiffin-Richards, S. P., & Schroeder, S. (2018). Effects of preschoolers’ storybook exposure and literacy environments on the lower level and higher-level language skills. Reading and Writing, 32(4), 1061–1084. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11145-018-9901-2
Henderson, A. T., & Mapp, K. L. (2002). A new wave of evidence: The impact of school, family, and community connections on student achievement (Annual synthesis). National Center for Family & Community Connections with Schools.
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