Practicing segmenting and blending words orally helps prepare your child to sound out words when he/she reads independently. Robot Words is a fun game that will engage your child in an important pre-reading skill. CONTINUE READING

Acting out a story in a physical way will help increase your child’s listening comprehension, because he/she must think about what is happening in the story and figure out a way to represent it with his/her body. The Story Mime strategy also helps your child stay engaged in the read aloud experience.CONTINUE READING

By pointing out, air painting, talking about exclamation points, and modeling reading with expression, your child will understand the importance and purpose of exclamation points. Your child’s understanding of punctuation will help him/her become a more independent reader. Your child will love becoming an exclamation point painter!CONTINUE READING