Use This Booklet with Checklists to Teach Your Child to Read at Home

Literacy Begins at Home: Teach Them to Read is a helpful publication for parents with checklists of what parents can do with toddlers, preschoolers, kindergartners, first graders, second graders, and third graders.

I love the simple format of this booklet. It directs you to a specific age.

The most effective way for a child to learn to read is through experiences with a supportive adult who has a little information about teaching reading. That's why I write this blog.

Take a little time today to go through these checklists. If you would like help with any suggested activity or skill, let me know in a comment.

Here's one item from each checklist
in Literacy Begins at Home , a free publication for parents from the National Institute for Literacy
Toddlers
__ I read with my child everyday, even if it's only for a few minutes.
Find books and advice about reading to children here.
Preschoolers
__ I let my child pretend read parts of the book when we read together.
Watch a video of my daughter share reading a book here.
Watch a video of my son pretend reading a whole book here.
Kindergarteners
__ My child knows that the order of letters in a written word stand for the order of sounds in a spoken word.
First Graders
__ My child can sound out words he doesn't know, and recognize some irregularly spelled words, such as have, said, you, and are.
Second Graders
__ My child pays attention to how words are spelled and correctly spells words he has studied.

Third Graders
__ My child uses what he knows of phonics and word parts (prefixes, roots, and suffixes) to sound out unfamiliar words.

Use This Booklet with Checklists to Teach Your Child to Read at Home