Reading Practice at Home

Reading is such a crucial skill for future academic success, so supporting reading at home is very important. Here are great reading skills to practice at home!

1. Match 2 or 3 of the same letters, words, numbers, in a magazine, with flashcards, etc.

2. Rhyme items in your kitchen, living room, etc. rug-bug, dug, hug, jug, lug, mug, pug, tug

3. Create a 2-line rhyme (or more) of your name, love/hate of something, anything!!

4. Create a reading challenge -here’s an idea for a reading challenge and there are more book suggestions for K-1, 2-3, 4-5

5. Make a word collage on paper with words from cut out magazines, words you wrote, stickers, etc.

6. Sing words to songs!  Here’s a great website with words to some songs.

7. Make a name acrostic and sound and spell out all of the words that describe your child.

8. Write letters, words, numbers with finger paint, shaving cream, silly string, or write on a chalkboard or a small whiteboard!

9. Have your child help you spell the items you need for your grocery list. Sound out letter sounds to help with the spelling.

10. Make an easy ebook!!

11. Read the directions, get the ingredients, and make slime

12. Read the directions to a new game and then play it!

13. Read about how to create Origami and create some!

14.  Read a few recipes and then make something yummy!

15. Make a dance move for every syllable of a word!

16.  Check out your school library or public library online catalog to look at different books your child would like to take out!!

17.  Research something that your child is interested in and wants to know more about.

18. Read books and ask a few questions before, during, and after reading!

19. Read a story and write down the beginning, middle and end.

20. Take a picture of objects in the room, print them, and have your child say the item, sound it out and spell it.

21.  Make a bookmark!