\u25a0 Talk to your child. <\/strong><\/p>\n Ask your child to talk about his day at school. Encourage him to explain something they did, or a game he played during recess.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Say silly tongue twisters. <\/strong><\/p>\n Sing songs, read rhyming books, and say silly tongue twisters. These help kids become sensitive to the sounds in words.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Read it and experience it. <\/strong><\/p>\n Connect what your child reads with what happens in life. If reading a book about animals, relate it to your last trip to the zoo.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Use your child\u2019s name. <\/strong><\/p>\n Point out the link between letters and sounds. Say, \u201cJohn, the word jump begins with the same sound as your name. John, jump. And they both begin with the same letter, J.\u201d<\/p>\n \u25a0 Play with puppets. <\/strong><\/p>\n Play language games with puppets. Have the puppet say, \u201cMy name is Mark. I like words that rhyme with my name. Does park rhyme with Mark? Does ball rhyme with Mark?\u201d<\/p>\n \u25a0 Trace and say letters. <\/strong><\/p>\n Have your child use a finger to trace a letter while saying the letter’s sound. Do this on paper, in sand, or on a plate of sugar.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Write it down. <\/strong><\/p>\n Have paper and pencils available for your child to use for writing. Working together, write a sentence or two about something special. Encourage your child to use the letters and sounds he or she is learning about in school.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Play sound games. <\/strong><\/p>\n Practice blending sounds into words. Ask \u201cCan you guess what this word is? m – o – p.\u201d Hold each sound longer than normal.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Read it again and again.<\/strong><\/p>\n Go ahead and read your child\u2019s favorite book for the 100th time! As you read, pause and ask your child about what is going on in the book.<\/p>\n \u25a0 Talk about letters and sounds. <\/strong><\/p>\n Help your child learn the names of the letters and the sounds the letters make. Turn it into a game! \u201cI\u2019m thinking of a letter and it makes the sound mmmmmm.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Play with letters, words, and sounds! Having fun with language helps your child learn to crack the code of reading. The tips below offer some fun ways you can help […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"iawp_total_views":2,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,10,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-262","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-help-with-academics","category-family-resources","category-school-reopening-and-remote-learning-resources"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.6","language":"zh","enabled_languages":["en","es","pt","ar","zh","vi","ht"],"languages":{"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"es":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"pt":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ar":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"zh":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"vi":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false},"ht":{"title":false,"content":false,"excerpt":false}}},"yoast_head":"\n