Children 0-4

• Read aloud and point to pictures.

• Sing and clap with your baby.

• Write and scribble with your baby.

• Play and dance with your baby.

• Milestones for early learners:

  • 6-12 months: likes and wants to hear your voice
  • 12-24 months: names pictures, follows simple stories
  • 2 to 3 years: likes the same book again and again
  • 3 to 4 years: recites whole phrases from books
  • 4 to 5 years: can listen longer
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School-Aged

• Read aloud!

• Talk about what you're reading.

• Read anything and everything, from books to maps to snack boxes.

• Siblings can help: have them read to each other.

• How can I tell where my child is now?
  • Test results. 3 times a year, your child is given the DIBELS, TRC, and iReady tests by their school, and you will be given the results. You will also be give the PARCC test results.
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Adults

• Call the Adult Literacy Hotline

• Tell stories

• Make up stories using pictures in a book

• Visit library with your child for activities including Mother Goose on Loose and Pajama Story time.

• Have older Children read to you.

• Listen to a book on tape.

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Whole Family

• Read Aloud

• Talk about what you're reading.

• Siblings can read to each other

• Tell stories

• Reading is everywhere - read anything from maps to snack boxes.

• Visit your local Pratt Library with your child for activities including Mother Goose on the Loose and Pajama Story-time.

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