This program is designed for children ages 0 to 4 to encourage life-long reading habits.
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Recommended Early Literacy Activities
· Read a book together. Point to the pictures and name objects.
· Ask your child questions about a story, e.g., “What happened first?”, “What will happen next?”.
· Borrow a music CD and sing a new song.
· Listen to a digital book via Bookflix by visiting northhavenlibrary.net and clicking the Bookflix icon.
· Read a book before bedtime.
· Clap or shake an instrument to a rhythm or song.
· Let your child draw a picture and talk to them about what they drew.
· Say and practice afinger play or nursery rhyme.
· Sing the alphabet song together.
· Attend a library program together.
· Write a letter of the alphabet and show your child how to trace it with their finger.
You are your child’s first teacher!
Studies have shown that children with an environment rich in sounds and letters enter school ready to learn.