One of the best ways to promote reading within your family is to create a literacy-rich environment at home. The University of Missouri wrote an article recently that has some suggestions for a “literacy-rich environment” that we thought would be really helpful and we’ve listed some below:
1) Create nametags! Buy index cards (or use little pieces of paper) and tape them to things your children use every day around the house. Remember to use lower case and upper case letter as appropriate.
1) Create nametags! Buy index cards (or use little pieces of paper) and tape them to things your children use every day around the house. Remember to use lower case and upper case letter as appropriate.
2) Establish a “literacy center” in your house (whether that’s in a family office or next to the family computer) and stock it with pens, pencils, markers, paper, envelopes, greeting cards, stationary, stamps, a list of teacher’s and children’s names with photos, and maybe even a mailbox for each member of the family.
3) Be a role model! Write notes often, keep a calendar and/or daily planner, post a list of your child’s responsibilities and constantly introduce new vocabulary words (maybe even establish a “word of the day” and use it as many times as you can during the day).
Happy Friday everyone and Have a great holiday weekend!
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