The Learn to Read Kids Club is more than just about learning to read. It’s also about having FUN!! Try these creative activities and ideas to strengthen your child’s reading skills and create enjoyable reading experiences for your child.
Word Work
Use these activities to strengthen word recognition and spelling. By building their word knowledge, children will improve their reading skills and fluency.
Find the Word – After reading a book, ask children to turn to a specific page. Then ask them to find a particular word and point to it with their reading pointer. Continue to do so for all of the sight words and vocabulary words (see list in the parent guide) in the story.
Walking with Words – Write the sight words and vocabulary words (see list in the parent guide) from the story onto a footprint card. Place the cards face up on the floor to create a path. Have children step from footprint to footprint while reading the words. As students progress in their reading, build your footprint trail to add new words.
Cookie Dough Words – What better way to practice your words than by making cookies! Make your favorite cookie dough, or use premixed refrigerated dough. Write the sight words and vocabulary words from the story onto index cards or word cards. Give children the cookie dough and one word card. Help your child form the letters of the word using the cookie dough. As they make each letter, place the letter on waxed paper. After the word has been spelled out, transfer it to a cookie sheet. Continue with other words in the story until you run out of words or cookie dough. Bake the cookies as directed in the recipe or on the package. After the cookie is done baking, reread the story and point to your cookie words as you hear them in the story. Then pick a word and taste your wordy creation.
Pipe Cleaner Words – Write the sight words and vocabulary words from the story onto index cards or word cards. Give your child an assortment of pipe cleaners. Give your child one of the word cards and ask your child to read it out loud. Help your child create the letters of the word with pipe cleaners. Repeat for all of the words in the story.
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