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Ready for Kindergarten!

August 12, 2013 • 4 Comments

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Do you have a preschooler in your life?  If so then, Ready for Kindergarten! by Deborah J. Stewart, MEd will be a book that will help parents, caregivers and teachers prepare children for kindergarten success.  Stewart shares easy to read tips and information about things children should know and how you can help them.  The book is divided into three sections:  Building Strength from Fingers to Toes, Building Confidence as You Go, and Building on Things to Know.   I am delighted to participate in a study of the book and will be focusing on one chapter and sub-section of the book:  Ready to Read- A Print-Rich Environment.

Full Disclosure:  The author of Ready for Kindergarten! provided a review copy of the book.  However, all opinions expressed are my own!

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Helping children notice that print is all around them helps them to get ready to read.  Print is all around us- letters on a license plate, a stop sign, a favorite restaurant or the box of crackers on the shelf at the grocery store.    Stewart suggests drawing attention to the print in your environment.  At home, she states to keep your child’s printed name all over and have lots of reading material on hand.

Here are some ideas on how I create a print-rich environment in my home.  I hope you will find the ideas useful and easy to incorporate in your home too.

tips for creating a print rich space

Ideas for Creating a Print-Rich Environment

 

This is My Name

letters

In each of my boy’s bedrooms, we have their name hanging on the wall.  We framed letters from vintage ABC animal cards for my youngest son’s name.  For my older son, we chose to decorate with wooden  letters.

Parking Garage- Great idea for organizing toys and developing literacy skills from Growing Book by Book

We also created this parking garage to help our oldest learn the letters in his name and organize all those cars and trucks in the house too!

Puzzles

ABC Puzzles are a great way to learn the alphabet

My son pretty much taught himself the alphabet with this ABC train puzzle.  Alphabet puzzles are a fun and kinesthetic way to practice letter recognition.

We also create name puzzles out of foam pieces so that he can put them in the correct order on the bathtub wall during bath time.  Here is a link to some other bath time literacy activities that we like to do.

Reading Material Everywhere!

Ideas for creating a library with a limited budget.

We pretty much have books in every room of our house.  My son is potty-training right now, so we also have a basket of books next to the potty!  Here are some ideas for creating a library on a tight budget.

My son also loves to get mail! Last week, he sent a note to Grandma and asked her to write back.  A few days later, he had mail from Grandma!  He also loves to get his magazines in the mail.  His favorite is Highlights High Five.  We also get National Geographic Little Kids.

Charts, Posters and Signs

Create a print rich home- days of the week schedule

We recently hung a days of the week chart to keep track of activities we do throughout the week.  Creating charts, posters and signs helps children create meaningful text.

Take it Outside!

sensory bin ideas

We love to go on letter and word  hunts.  Sometimes we do letter digs and other times we go on walks through the neighborhood looking for print.

sensory bin idea

 

Still need more ideas for creating a print-rich environment?  Check out this Print Rich Homes Pinterest Board!

Would you like to see more ideas from Ready for Kindergarten! ?  Check out the other bloggers who are also studying and illustrating the remaining chapters from the book at Deborah’s page.  You will also be able to order your own copy of the book there too!

Enjoy the book and the journey of helping your child prepare for kindergarten!

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4 Comments Filed Under: Adult Books to Support Young Readers, All categories, Reading Fun Tagged With: getting ready for kindergarten, things to teach preschoolers

About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

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  1. Allison says

    August 23, 2013 at 6:15 pm

    Great ideas and easy to implement. I’ll be featuring this on The Sunday Showcase this weekend. Thank you for linking up!

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    • JodieRodriguez says

      August 24, 2013 at 8:57 pm

      Thank you so much Allison. I love The Sunday Showcase!

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  2. Mary Catherine says

    August 14, 2013 at 1:29 pm

    So many great ideas to bring print into the home! 🙂

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  3. Tracy says

    August 12, 2013 at 11:23 am

    Wow! Great review of the book, and so many awesome ideas for creating a print rich environment. It is so wonderful to see your kids picking up literacy skills in such a natural and fun way!

    Reply

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