Building Perspective-taking Skills with Amos’s Sweater
April 23, 2025
An important part of understanding stories is recognizing that characters have unique thoughts and feelings that influence what they say and do. Use these research-based tips to build the important perspective-taking skills that prepare your child for reading.
School Readiness Tips April 2025
April 09, 2025
Children need to develop the ability to use language for thinking and learning. You can help by having discussions with them that include thought-provoking questions and explanations. Interactions like these encourage children to analyze, reflect and make connections. Here are some playful ways to get children involved in these more complex conversations.
Building Print Knowledge with How to Party Like a Snail
March 20, 2025
Before children can learn to read, they need build print knowledge skills. They need to know that letters and words have meaning, are different from pictures and have rules that tell us how to read them. Here are some ways you can build your child’s print knowledge with a book filled with fun-looking print.
School Readiness Tips March 2025
March 05, 2025
Telling stories is a natural part of everyday conversations, and also helps children to understand written stories once they learn to read. At first, children may share events out of order or miss important details. You can help by retelling past events together, talking about stories in books, and making up new stories. Here are some ways to encourage storytelling.
Supporting Early Literacy Development in Young Autistic Children
February 21, 2025
Emergent literacy skills are the building blocks of learning to read and write. These early skills are essential for all children to learn. For young autistic children, it's important to consider their individual strengths and interests when deciding how best to support their emergent literacy skills.
Using Explanations with Charlie & Mouse Are Magic
February 20, 2025
Your child may understand what is happening in a book, but what about why it’s happening? Talking about the reasons things happen in a story helps your child make important cause-and-effect connections, which deepens their story understanding. Here are some tips to help!
School Readiness Tips February 2025
February 13, 2025
When you expose children to more advanced vocabulary in your day-to-day conversations, you prepare them to learn subjects like science, history and geography. Here are some fun ways to include unusual words throughout your day.
Evaluating the Story with The Most Magnificent Thing
January 17, 2025
An effective way to deepen your child’s understanding of a story is to encourage them to make judgments and form opinions about the events that take place. Here are some tips to help your child evaluate a story with the fun book, The most Magnificent Thing.
School Readiness Tips January 2025
January 15, 2025
Children’s vocabulary grows when they participate in conversations and hear new words. To help a child understand a new word, use strategies to highlight the word – e.g., say the word a bit slower and louder, pair it with a gesture and explain what it means. Here are some fun things to try in everyday situations.