Transcript Welcome Kindergarten Parents

Welcome Kindergarten
Parents
How to get your child ready
to read
Building a good
foundation
Learn the alphabet
Understand letters and words have
meaning
Build a vocabulary
Connect drawing and writing to
reading
Listen to many books
Talk and Listen
to your child
 Talk with your child
 Use photo albums or magazines to
start a conversation
 Visit interesting places
 Talk about everyday things
Fall in love with
language
Label objects in your home
Teach your child nursery rhymes and
songs
Play with words
Look for letters of the alphabet
everywhere!
Develop vocabulary
and concepts
Have child describe pictures in books
Use “big” words
Play “I spy” and other word games
Make connections with words and
concepts
Show how print has
meaning
Show your child how print helps us
everyday
Point out environmental print
Point to and read words on a grocery
list or restaurant menu, etc.
Connect drawing, reading
and writing
Encourage your child to draw
pictures
Show your child how to write their
name
Have your child dictate a note to a
relative or friend
Laugh!!
o Remember to have fun with your
child. Appreciate your child’s special
joy for learning new things.
READ! READ! READ!
READ – to expand their vocabulary
READ – to appreciate the value of
books and reading
READ – to understand new ideas and
concepts
READ – to learn about the world
around them