Baby
Playing echo games will get your child ready to say real words.
New Toddler
Speech acts help speakers accomplish things in the world. These include requests (“More milk?”) and demands (“No night-night!”) from children, as well as from adults (“Hush!”). Interestingly enough, parents are seldom precise in their requests.
Toddler
How do you read to a squirmy toddler? LeapFrog Literacy Expert Dr. Carolyn James has help for parents of toddlers who won’t sit still!
Engage your child in art using different media. Her scribbles may mean more than you think!
Using different voices while you read emphasizes that stories have different characters.
Curious Twos
Toddlers love to hear the same story over and over again, and they learn from repetition.
Preschool
This printable activity encourages your child to consider why simple events occurred. The ability to conclude why simple events occurred is an important Cognitive Development skill.
Knowledge of the alphabet at school entry is one of the best predictors of later reading achievement. This video gives you tips on making letter learning fun.
Pre-K
Children who understand word families have an easier time learning to spell and sound out words. This printable activity gives your child practice with short-I words.
This game is perfect for a campfire, slumber party or long car ride. Kids of all ages can play together.
Kindergarten
Children can rock out to a rhyming song they make up with word families. Children who understand word families have an easier time learning to spell and decode words.
This printable helps your child unlock the secret of the "silent e," a key to good spelling.
Grade 1
Grades 2-3
There's a mystery afoot in your neighborhood! With a camera, notebook, and an active imagination, your child will be a super (writing and reading) sleuth.