Many people assume that there isn’t much they can do to help their child learn to read until they are of a certain age. Believe it or not, you should start at birth. The five core practices to help prepare children for reading are Reading, Writing, Talking, Singing, and Playing. These practices are taken from the Every Child Ready to Read Initiative.
To learn more about these practices, you can ask any children’s librarian for suggestions or attend an early literacy program or storytime at the Cheshire Public Library.
Early literacy is everything a child knows about reading and writing before he or she can read or write, typically between the ages of 0-5. If you attend storytimes at the public library, you may hear the children’s librarian state an early literacy tip or model a specific behavior during their programs. This is done intentionally to encourage caregivers to use these tools at a later point.
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