GOAL: Discover the World of Sounds

Daily face-to-face interactions babbling and cooing to and with your child.

DETAILS: At this young age, children are already communicating through their babbling, cooing, and crying.

Check out Focus Sounds Level 0 and Level 1 activities.

SPEECH MILESTONES: Please refer to the Speech Milestones information in Why It Matters for more specific details on speech development.

GOAL: Discover the World of Print

Daily “read” at least one children’s story sharing the fun of language with fluent reading and interaction.

DETAILS: Children’s stories presenting a young child to an array of Emergent Reader’s Literacy Skills, along with Concepts of Print, help build a strong literacy foundation.

Check out Story Time link below for additional specifics.

GOAL: Discover the World of Rhythm

Singing songs and rhyming words allow a young child to hear the language in a fun and lyrical way. These activities offer additional engaging methods to strengthen one’s literacy foundation.

Benefits of Songs & Rhymes:

• builds up Focus Sounds (phonemic awareness - distinction of sounds)

• strengthens memory & articulation

• enriches vocabulary

• increases listening skills

Check out the fun links to Rhymes & Songs.

GOAL: TALK! TALK! And more TALK!

Daily lots of face-to-face interactions with songs, rhymes, finger plays, actions, and real-life experiences.

DETAILS: Through a wide variety of hands-on activities, with talking as the KEY, emergent readers will build a strong foundation for literacy.

At this very young age, surround your child with an assortment of activities. Many of the activities mentioned may not be developmentally appropriate at this young age, BUT involving them with talking and visuals as you complete activities, builds their literacy skills.