PreK Reading & Writing
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Supporting Your Child's Literacy Development at Home
You are your child's first and most important teacher!
We invite you to view the pre-kindergarten activities on this page to help your child grow as a reader. You will find the top resources from the Florida Center for Reading Research© and LCPS teachers. Here are some ways you can help your child get ready to be a reader and writer.
Phonological awareness is the foundation for learning to read! It's the ability to recognize and work with sounds in spoken language. It does not involve ANY print! It is all auditory.👂
For more information, please visit Phonological & Phonemic Awareness.
Sharing the alphabet with your child helps him or her begin to recognize the shapes of letters and to link them with the sounds of spoken language. Your child will soon learn the difference between individual letters—what they look like and what they sound like.
Preschool students learn vocabulary through talking with you! At age four, kids can begin to understand and answer more complex questions and use new spatial words to describe what they see (next to, above).
💻 Unite for Literacy: A collection of audio/picture books that are read aloud to your child.
💻 Create your own Handwriting Worksheet - This is great for student name practice!
💻 KidZone - handwriting booklets
PreK - 1st Grade Writing Progression
Developmental Milestones for Four-Year-Olds
Reading
Enjoys listening to and talking about storybooks
Understands how to handle books
Turns book pages one at a time
Makes attempts to read
Understands that print carries a message
Participates in rhyming games
Can identify about 10 alphabet letters, especially those from own name
Identifies some letters and make some letter-sound matches
Recognizes print in the local environment
Knows that it is the print that is read in stories
Wants to know what will happen next
Is sensitive to some sequences of events in stories
When being read a story, connects information and events to real-life experiences
Questions and comments demonstrate understanding of literal meaning of story being told
Displays reading and writing attempts, calling attention to self: “Look at my story.”
Writing
Holds a pencil
Draws a circle with pencil or crayon
Draws a face
Tries to write their name
Starts to copy some letters
Draws a person with 2-4 body parts
Writes (scribbles) message as part of playful activity
Draws, names, and briefly explains somewhat recognizable pictures that are meaningful
Uses known letters (or makes best attempt to write the letters) to represent written language especially for meaningful words like their name or phrases such as “I love you”
Begins to write letters of the alphabet and some words they use and hear often
Additional Resources
Literacy Apps That Work Without Internet
Some Of Our Favorite Online Games!
