1. SEALS Welcome to Selinsgrove Elementary’s KindergartenLiteracy Night!

2. Building Blocks of Literacy • KtO Grant – Various Trainings scheduled • Teachers receiving literacy training continually • One of the keys for literacy is oral communication

3. Oral Communication • Talk with youngsters – make it interactive! • The more talkative the environment, the more their literacy skills are developed • Distinguish between “business” talk and other talk Talk!

4. Example #1 Grocery Store vs. “Look at these carrots. Do you see what color they are?” “Stop that, get down, etc.”

5. Example #2 After School “What did you do in Math today?” “How was your day?” vs. “What was your favorite part of your day?” “Did you have a nice day?”

6. Beginning Reading Skills You Can Practice With Your Child

7. Phonemic Awareness: Why is it important? • Phonemic awareness is the ability to hear, distinguish, recognize, and manipulate sounds in words. • Research has shown this to be essential for reading success!

8. Activities to Try with Your Child: cat/hat 1. Rhyming in the Car 2. Rhyme Out

9. Activities to Try with Your Child: 3. Sound Spy mat dog mouse 4. Sound Spy 2 mat cat dog

10. Activities to Try with Your Child: 5. Sound Spy 3 6. Say & Clap kan- -ga- -roo

11. Activities to Try with Your Child: 7. Let’s Play With Our Food 8. Let’s Manipulate Sounds ast l p

12. Activities to Try with Your Child: 9. Guess My Word /p/ /i/ /g/ 10. Count the Sounds /d/ /o/ /g/ 1 2 3

13. Phonics: Why is it important? • Phonics allows your child to connect the sounds he hears to the written letter or word.

14. Activities to Try with Your Child: 1. The ABC Game 2. I Spy A Letter

15. Activities to Try with Your Child: 3. Order It 4. Letter Detective

16. Activities to Try with Your Child: 5. Play With Your Food 6. Letter Bag

17. Activities to Try with Your Child: 7. Playdoh Letters 8. Play Letter Memory

18. Activities to Try with Your Child: 9. Play First Sound Memory 10. Let’s Write Words t p o

19. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home • Read aloud every day! • Answer your child’s questions, even if they interrupt the story.

20. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home • Talk as you read. Ask questions like: “What would you do?” “What do you think is going to happen next?” “Why did that character do that?”

21. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home • Don’t use books that are not interesting to your child. • Encourage your child! 

22. Reading Aloud to Your Child at Home • Have your child retell the story in his or her own words. • After finishing the book, talk with your child about what you read.

23. Thank You for Attending Selinsgrove Elementary’s KindergartenLiteracy Night!