| As a homeschooler one of the most important | | | | see. Instead something big, it may by huge, or |
| tasks for you to accomplish in your child at an | | | | enormous... or even of gargantuan proportion! |
| early age is getting them interested in and | | | | Have you child arrange the words they have |
| developing good reading habits. At an early age | | | | collected into silly sentences or phrases. Even |
| learning to recognize letters, the sounds they | | | | something as simple as collecting letters from |
| make and words they eventually form should be | | | | signs, license plates, and such to work their way |
| an activity and not a structured assignment. A | | | | through the alphabet is a good kindergarten age |
| great reading activity for kindergarten aged | | | | reading activity. |
| children, for example is to read to them. | | | | Not in the car, or travel around much? Use every |
| A natural progression in your reading activities | | | | day items around the house to do the same thing. |
| with your children is that after you read them to | | | | Labels, there are plenty of labels around the |
| a passage from the story; have them paraphrase | | | | house. Actually put labels on everyday items |
| the story back to you. This will help you to | | | | around the house so your child can associate the |
| understand what level of listening ability and | | | | spelling, and reading with a tangible item. Then, |
| understanding they are at, as well has help them | | | | after a while, take the labels off the items and |
| to begin building their vocabulary as they work to | | | | help your child read and re-label the house. |
| find new words they can use with their | | | | Once you get your creative juices flowing, you'll |
| description of the story they are giving back to | | | | come up with many more reading activities. The |
| you. | | | | key is to make reading activities an every day |
| Good reading activities don't always have to occur | | | | part of their life. Make an effort to spend an hour |
| at the house, or just before bedtime. While you're | | | | a day reading more with an hour less of television. |
| running errands around town or on vacation, | | | | T.V. is an extremely passive thought processing |
| perhaps have the kids begin to collect words | | | | activity. While reading and using one's imagination |
| from signs, or spell objects they see. Encourage | | | | is a source of growth and a great foundation |
| them to learn different ways to describe objects | | | | from which to build. |