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The ABC's for Parents
Developing Reading Behaviors
Developing Writing Behaviors
At Home Practice Activities
The ABCs for Parents (Source: unknown) Ask your child about the school day. Begin your child's day with a nourishing breakfast. Congratulate you child for doing well. Discuss homework with your child. Encourage your child to read. Find a quiet place for your child to study. Give your child responsibility. Hug your child to build self worth. Include your child in making simple family decisions. Join a library with your child. Keep your child on a schedule that includes exercise and sleep. Limit TV viewing by selecting programs with your child. Make the time you spend with your child special. Notice and discuss changes in your child's behavior. Offer to help your child organize school papers. Provide your child with good role models. Question the activities your child shares with friends. Respect your child's right to have opinions different from yours. Share an interest or a hobby with your child. Take time to listen to your child. Urge your child to say "NO!" to unwanted touching. Visit places of interest with your child. Work with your child to set up rules of behavior. Xerox and save records or articles that benefit your child. Yield results by encouraging your child to do better. Zoom through these ABCs again and again!
One of the first steps to becoming a reader is developing positive reading behaviors. Even before children can "read", they should be involved with books and print in a positive way. Children who have developed positive reading behaviors choose to read. They enjoy pretend reading, sharing ideas, and asking questions about stories.
Read to your child on a daily basis. You may want to establish a nightly routine of a bedtime story.
Children will experiment with writing just like they do with reading. Writing helps children organize their thoughts so they can express themselves. It also helps them begin to put the "puzzle" of letters and sounds together and therefore, helps the reading process. Children who have developed positive writing behaviors will choose to write and will share their writing with you.
Provide a variety of writing materials for your child (e.g., paper, note pads, cards, post-it notes, pencils, crayons, markers, clip board).
Read the alphabet together--sing the alphabet pointing to the letters as you sing!