Learning English With Your Children and Teens: Using Junk Mail to Practice English
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Posted on: March 30, 2021
Engage the family with activities that practice English vocabulary, grammar, speaking, and more.
Oral Language
Speaking and listening skills are the foundation of literacy development in children. Oral language serves as the basis for written language.
Posted on: March 30, 2021
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Engaging Preschool and Kindergarten-Aged children in Literacy-Focused Guided Play
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Posted on: May 19, 2020
Caregivers can implement three key elements to help grow literacy and pre-literacy skills.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: Educational Video Programming and Literacy Learning
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Posted on: April 21, 2020
Three tips to keep in mind while watching TV as a home learning activity.
Supporting Your Children’s and Teens’ Home Learning: A Guide for Families
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Posted on: April 14, 2020
The IRRC’s Supporting Your Children's and Teen's Home Learning Guide provides web resources by subject area and for assistive technology use, as well as tips for a successful home learning approach.
Supporting Your Children's and Teens' Home Learning Guide
In order to support families as schools provide virtual instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic, this guide offers tips on establishing home learning areas, improving the home-based learning experience, and utilizing web resources for students kindergarten-Grade 6 and Grades 7-12 in the subjects of English-language arts, science, social studies, and history. Web resources for assistive technology for home learning are also included for students with reading disabilities.
Caregiver Involvement When Reading Books to Children
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Posted on: April 23, 2019
Children’s literacy development benefits when they discuss four key elements of stories read by their caregivers.
IDEA
The IDEA strategy uses four key components drawn from research that caregivers can easily implement to teach and practice literacy skills when reading to children at home.