Make Sure Your Beginning Reader Becomes a Great Reader!

Put your beginning reader on the road to becoming a great reader

• Successful readers are not born.
• Reading is a learned skill.
• The foundation for reading success begins at birth.

Parents, here’s a matching activity for your child’s first year.  Can you match the stepping stones to reading success, with the appropriate age range?

Write the correct letter next to each age.

1. ____ 0-6wks              a. play with pots and pans
2. ____ 0-6wks              b. crawl and climb
3. ____ 6mos.-1yr         c. bat, touch, and grasp
4. ____ 0-6wks              d. clapping
5. ____ 6wks-6mos.     e. build a rich vocabulary-name each part of the body as you point to it
6. ____ 6wks-6mos.     f. point and name objects
7. ____ 6wks-6mos.     g. toys with moving pieces
8. ____ 6wks-6mos.     h. toys with interesting textures
9. ____ 6mos.-1yr          i. wrist rattles to stimulate the auditory system
10. ___ 6mos.-1yr             j. mobiles to see and touch with bright, contrasting colors
11. ___ 6mos.-1yr            k. repeat baby’s sounds and hold their fingers to your lips as you do
12. ___ 6mos.-1yr            l. sing to your child
13. ___ 6mos.-1yr           m. use hand puppets to encourage conversation
14. ___ 6wks-6mos.       n. read to your child
15. ___ 0-6wks                o. have conversations with your child
16. ___ 6wks-6mos.       p. turn pages in a book
17. ___ 0-6wks             q. introduce books-colorful, simple, board books
18. ___ 6mos.-1yr        r. use music to introduce rhythm and beat

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Kristin Anderson Cetone, Reading Specialist & Author