The Ordinary Ways Children Become Readers

The Ordinary Ways Children Become Readers.

Why the little things you do every day matter more than you think.

10 Simple Ways to Support Reading at Home—Plus the 5 Things Children Learn Before Kindergarten

Let’s cut through the noise for a minute.

Parents hear so much about reading these days.

Phonics.
Science of Reading.
Vocabulary.
Comprehension.

Sometimes it feels as though you need a teaching degree just to help your own child.

You don’t.

Children learn to read one ordinary conversation at a time.

Your role, as a parent, is a lot more natural than you think. You don’t have to duplicate school at home. You just need to support. That word means a lot of things, right?

For you it means this: Looking at the normal things you do as a parent, and seeing how they strengthen your child’s skills.

This free printable shares ten simple ways to strengthen reading at home, along with five important things children begin learning before Kindergarten.

You’ll probably discover that you’re already doing more than you realized.

If a checklist is how you think, get this PDF, and look it over.

Because it’s a checklist.

But it’s also a manual, and an encouragement.

The whole idea is to recognize all the things you’re already doing, and fill in the ones you aren’t.

15 ordinary things. I want you to have it.

Inside you’ll find…

✓ Ten everyday reading habits

✓ Five early learning milestones before Kindergarten

✓ Encouragement instead of overwhelm

✓ Simple ideas you can use today

✓ Links to additional reading resources

You’re a parent, much more than a teacher, and your enrichment goes far beyond letters and numbers. Every day you really are teaching. And the exciting thing is this: They are little sponges, listening more than they’re talking, and absorbing information and pictures constantly.

More info: If you haven’t been following the updates about reading education, please enjoy the article, “Help Your Child Learn To Read” here on the blog. There’s another free resource for you there.

Download the list. See the 15 things. It will either help you, or reassure you. 😉 or both.

Thanks for visiting today, and finding out about how ordinary it can be, teaching them early reading skills. Let me know how it’s going!

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