• Oral Language & Vocabulary - lots of talking & interactions (conversational turns), Build vocabulary and real-world knowledge when at home, out in neighbourhood, on trips, etc.

• Phonemic Awareness - syllables, rhyme, tongue twisters, alliteration

• Phonics - letter names, sounds, sounding out words

• Read-Alouds - Continue read-alouds even when child is reading independently!

• Fine Motor Skills - Drawing, colouring & writing with proper grip.

  But also play dough, squeeze toys in bath, beading, tweezers, etc.

• Provide Opportunities & Encouragement

• Communicate With & Support School

• Vision & hearing testing, investigate speech issues

Make Litearcy Fun!

• The better kids can read, the more they love it!

• Access to reading materials of interest

• Visit local library

• Authentic opportunities: penpal letters/emails with relatives, holiday wish lists, meal menus, grocery list

• Enlist siblings to read with/to each other

• Make technology work for you

• Model: necessity and enjoyment of literacy

This video is from Home Reading Helper, a resource for parents to elevate children’s reading at home provided by Read Charlotte. Find more video, parent activities, printables, and other resources at Home Reading Helper. (This is a US sight but many of the resources are applicable for Canada)

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English Letter Sounds

Printing Practice - When students form letters from the bottom up instead of top down, several problems can develop over time:

• slower less efficient writing

• inconsistent letter size and shape

• poor muscle memory

• fatigue and hand strain

Help correct your child's printing today!

English Heart Words - An irregular word is one that cannot be readily decoded because either it includes grapheme-phoneme correspondences that are unique to that word or a few words (permanently irregular words), or the student has not yet learned all the grapheme-phonemecorrespondences in the word (temporarily irregular words).

French Sight Words - French is highly decodable, therefore, most of these words are taught as temporary sight words until the sounds have been explicitly taught French Immersion High Frequency Word List

• Games to Play with Heart Words/Sight Words - Sight Word Games

• Free English Decodable Tex - Beyond Decodable - Download PDF

• Developing Writing and Spelling at Home - Article

• Find a list of writing activities to try at home - Writing Activities

• Start with a Book is great website to find books that match your child's interests

• Looking for an Ipad/Iphone app here is a website that allows you to choose a topic (sight words) and find apps that will help with that skill. Note: These apps have not been vetted by Victory Staff