Helping Your Child Become a Reader

Included in the booklet (PDF file):

• Becoming a Reader

  • Talking and Listening
  • Reading Together
  • Learning about Print and Books
  • Early Efforts to Write
  • Reading in Another Language
  
  

• Activities

  • Baby Talk
  • Books and Babies
  • Chatting with Children
  • As Simple as ABC
  • What Happens Next?
  • A Home for My Books
  • A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words
  • Rhyme with Me: It's Fun, You'll See!
  • Match My Sounds
  • Take a Bow!
  • Family Stories
  • Write On!

• Other Ways to Help

  • Visiting the Library
  • Learning with Computers
  • Taking Charge of TV

• If You Think There's a Problem

• A Reading Checklist

• Typical Language Accomplishments for Children, Birth to Age 6

• Resources for Families and Caregivers

• Resources for Children

• Simple Strategies for Creating Strong Readers

• No Child Left Behind

PECS for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

PECS for Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?
Bill Martin/Eric Carle

You can use these symbols to create an adaptive book using Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See. This is suitable for children with mild to moderate cognitive impairments and autistic spectrum disorders.

click on the picture to start downloading

All of the Boardmaker files were created by the author using software from Mayer-Johnson. You must have Boardmaker to use the downloaded file.

Compare and Contrast Graphic Organizer

In order for readers to comprehend text and ideas, they should be able to compare and contrast information. Comparing and contrasting is often found on standardized testing as well. For learners who are cannot write or read, pictures can be used instead of words. This graphic organizer is suitable for most ability levels.

The organizer can be downloaded in pdf or Microsoft Word format. Click the image to download.

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Reading Student Center Activities

This is a link that gives a great amount of reading activities for the earlier grades. The activities cover the fab five:

• Phonological awareness
• Phonics
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
  
• Comprehension

Some of the activities can be modified for older learners.

FCRR Reading Activities