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Reading to your child for 30-45 minutes
every day gives them 1000-1500 hours of exposure to the world of books before
they begin Kindergarten. It is one of the most important things you can do as
a parent to increase your child’s success in reading!
Click here to learn more about the advantages of
reading to your child.
Emergent literacy is the
development of a child’s very first reading skills. They include an
understanding of how books work, and a child’s first attempts at reading –
which is usually based on looking at the pictures and imaging what story they
might be telling. They also include a child’s first writing which, at
first is probably scribbling. Click here to
learn more about Emergent Literacy.