Reading and Parenting

Many parents teach their kids pre-reading skills.

1. How to Raise a Child: 10 Rules from Susan Sontag

http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/09/13/susan-sontag-10-rules-for-raising-a-child/ 

2. FAMILY LITERACY PROJECT

Phonemic Awareness Activities for 4-5-6 Year Olds

http://iusd.org/parent_resources/phonemicawareness456.htm 

3. From STEM to STEAM: Science and Art Go Hand-in-Hand

http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/2012/08/22/from-stem-to-steam-science-and-the-arts-go-hand-in-hand/ 

4.  Video: What Is a 504 Plan?

http://www.ncld.org/learning-disability-resources/videos/video-what-is-a-504-plan 

Tootsie toes can help you learn to read, too.

5.  THE FLOOR: Phonemic Awareness Games to Play

http://www.aability.com/pagames.php 

6. Phonemic Awareness Activities

http://teams.lacoe.edu/documentation/classrooms/patti/k-1/activities/phonemic.html 

Here are some activities that will help you extend phonemic awareness concepts and skills.

• Rhyming Word Activities
• Teaching Syllable Segmentation
• Teaching Beginning Sound Substitution
• Teaching Sound Isolation
• Teaching Phonemic Segmentation