Reading

Reading / Alphabet
 * Read every day. This can include reading to your child, your child reading to you, or a combination of the two.
 * If your child has word cards, please do these every day. You can use these words to make up sentences.
 * Once your child has finished reading, here are a range of activities they can do to develop their comprehension and understanding: draw the main character, draw their favourite part of the story, sequence the story in the correct order, paint their favourite part, draw another cover for the book....
 * Encourage your child to write their flashcards words in a variety of media: paint, crayon, pen, pencil etc
 * Read a variety of texts: picture books, read child friendlyarticles from the newspaper etc
 * Encourage your child to write their own book!! It can be as simple or as complicated as they like.
 * Write out a sentences from the story and get the child to illustrate.
 * Write out a sentence from the story, cut up, and then get the child to glue the sentence back in the correct order.
 * Say the alphabet.
 * Select a letter from the alphabet and get the child to create a collage with pictures from the magazine that link to this letter.
 * The same activity (above) can also be done with blends.
 * Write words that start with the selected letter. Support this with a picture.

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