The Six Early Literacy Skills
What you do helps your child get ready to read! According to research, there are six pre-reading skills that children must learn in order to learn to read. Activities you do to support each of these skills will change as your child grows! – Contact Sheri
1
Narrative Skills
Being able to describe things and events and to tell stories.
What can you do?
Make up or tell stories together and encourage pretend play.
2
Phonological Awareness
The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.
What can you do?
Sings songs, play games and share rhymes.
3
Vocabulary
Knowing the name of things.
What can you do?
Talk, talk, talk and read, read, read with your child.
4
Print Motivation
A child’s interest in and enjoyment of books.
What can you do?
Find books about your child’s interests. Make sure that story time at home is relaxed and fun.
5
Print Awareness
Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book, and how to follow the written word on a page.
What can you do?
Help your child discover how to hold a book and turn the pages. Follow the story with your finger.
6
Letter Knowledge
Learning to name letters, knowing they have sounds, and recognizing them everywhere.
What can you do?
Help your child identify the first letter in his/her name and look for it in books and on signs.