Pre-Reading Skills

Pre-Reading Skills are so important to a child in preparing him or her to learn to read. Since I began my storytime adventure 7 years ago I have earned a wealth of information that I wish I had known when my own children were growing up. The most important element of pre-reading skills? READ to your child. Read books, read signs, read everything you can and take every opportunity to read with your child in their early years- birth to school age. AND beyond. Nursery rhymes, finger plays and songs are important as well. There is a lot of great information out there on the web and I would like to share a little with you now so you can explore on your own. Give your child a head start.

Growing Like a Read
Our own library system has their own program called Growing Like a Read or GLAR for short. We hand out book bags with free materials to parents and caregivers to help them with literacy skills at home. It's a great program and the above link will give your a wealth of information.

Stay at Home Educator
SAHE is really on top of her game and has broken down early literacy into 4 components which she goes into great detail in her posts in The "Big Four" Preschool Literacy Instruction series. On her site "you will find fun and engaging preschool literacy activities that span all the components of preschool literacy instruction, from emergent literacy skills to learning how to read and write."

K-12 Reader
This link takes you to an article comparing the terms "phonemic awareness" and "phonological awareness"- a pre-reading skill.


ABC's of Literacy
In easy to understand language this blog breaks down the 5 pre-reading skills your child needs to be a successful reader.

This Reading Mama
In the above link, one of my favorite resource sites, THis Reading Mama, goes into detail on book and print awareness giving you lots of tips. Also check out her series on preparing your child for Kindergarten!

There is a wealth of information on the internet. I hope some of the above links are helpful to you!
Thanks for stopping by!
Mrs. Angel