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Families from our A. Sophie Rogers School for Early Learning were invited to join former literacy technician and current preschool team lead teacher Kari Welch and vice principal Samantha Peterson for a webinar on Getting the Most from Your Story Times with Your Young Child. The webinar covered a range of information about how reading with your young child is one of the best ways to continue enriched learning at home, including simple strategies to enhance your child’s:
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vocabulary
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phonological awareness
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number sense
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narrative building skills
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Looking for some books to have at home? Ohio Govenor’s Imagination Library, a partnership of Dolly Parton’s national Imagination Library program, mails one book each month to families with children under five, free of charge. Sign up here. |
When the pandemic hit, executive director Dr. Laura Justice wrote for The Columbus Dispatch about the how to read and talk with your children to build language and literacy skills. She offers great tips for how to use your every day routines to build your child’s early literacy skills that work any time (not just during a pandemic). Read the article here. |
Did you know that our partners at the Crane Center for Early Childhood Research and Policy have a version of our Sit Together and Read (STAR) program that is made just for families? STAR@HOME provides reading materials for families to use while they read together at home with their children. Learn more and get the materials here. |
