Literacy development involves encouraging children to link sounds and letters
and to begin to read and write. Children must be given access to a wide range
of reading materials (books, poems, and other written materials) to ignite their
interest
These involve 2 different aspects
- Reading
- Writing
There are many different ways you can do to support these
Books
Here are some activities to do together when looking at stories.(give your child time to respond)
- Read familiar stories, pause occasionally and encourage children to read the next word
- Create an area children can quietly read/look at books
- Discuss the characters from the stories
- Play games such as letter or word bingo
- Use different voices when reading stories
Mark Making
Here are some activities to support mark making
- Listen to what children say about their pictures
- Encourage children to form letters
- Give children a variety of paper, note pads, pencils, pens
- Support motor skills for younger children.
Everyday routines
Here are some things to consider during everyday routines
- Point out signs you may pass such as ASDA, Sainsbury, Tesco, Aldi
- Label letters that have meaning to the child, such as letters in name
- Demonstrate writing so that children can see spelling in action
- Make a books with children about what they have been doing use photos and words
- Write a shopping list for the children to use during an outing
Here are some activities Rainbow Robins do to support Literacy, which you could try some of these at home.
- Role play – office, cafe
- Play-dough
- Painting
- Sand play
- Flour play
- cornflour play
- Letter Bingo
- Drawing
- Making books
- outdoor chalk
- Making stamps
- Reading stories
