Preschool Language & Literacy Development
Preschool Goal:
- understands how books and print work
- understands stories
- re-tells a familiar story to an adult
- recognizes familiar print such as names or signs
- identifies 15 or more letters
Teach the alphabeth song
Read alphabeth books together
Help your child to recognize her/his name. Write the letters of his/her name and say each letter as you write it. Have your child find the letters in her/his name on billboards or store signs.
An easy way to introduce your child to capital and lowercase letters is to help your child to practice writing his or her name. Point out that the first letter of the name is a capital letter, while the rest of the letters are lowercase letters.
Read to your child as often as possible so that they get exposed to literature. Ask your child to find letters in books, magazines, etc.
Look for words and letters everywhere you go: on traffic signs, on restaurants, in advertising, at the grocery store.
View also the kindergarten milestones for language and reading skills
ABC Letters
Taktile learning. Use a plastic sheet protectors for each letter printout. Help your child to form letters on top of the plastic using yarn, play-dough, or cookie dough.
Make an alphabet book with a page for each letter. With your child cut out pictures from magazines and catalogs that begin with each letter. Glue each picture to its appropriate page.
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Letters
Letter A activities and crafts
See more preschool ABC letter activities and crafts
Fingerplays:
This little snowman (coming soon!)
Great Parents and Teacher Resources
Teachers: Put Reading First
Parents: A Child Becomes a Reader
