With this page I hope to give you some ideas for fun reading activities. As I have said before, learning to read is a challenging adventure!

Your child will go through many stages while on this incredible journey.

They learn to recognize letters and the sounds they make. Then they discover those letters make words, words make sentences and sentences make stories that they love to read or have read to them!

There are many fun reading activities you and your child can do together to make this adventure a fun one!

Alphabet Flashcards

A lot of reading activities that will help your child can be done using index cards, pictures, and something to write with.

For example, you can make a set of alphabet flashcards to help your child with letter recognition.

Print the letter on the card, leaving room for a small picture. You can also print letters using your computer.

Draw a picture of something that begins with that letter.

If you don’t like to draw, or like me can’t draw that well, then find some clip art pictures, or some you have cut out from newspapers or magazines, and attach them to the card.

When you have completed your set of cards, play some games with your child to help them learn the alphabet!

Activities

For example, keep the cards in order, call them out, and have your child repeat the letter. This helps with letter recognition and repitition.

Just hold the card up and have your child say the letter, if they are correct, they hold the card, if not you hold the card, hugs for the person with the most cards!

Mix up the cards and play again, this will help improve letter recognition.

You can cover up the letter, have your child tell you what the picture is and what letter the word begins with.

You can have one set of cards that only has the letter on them and another set with pictures and play a game of match the letter to the picture.

Word Flashcard Activities

When your child begins school, you can use index cards to make flashcards for their Spelling and Vocabulary words each week.

Print the words on the card, you can also draw or attach a picture to these. Then review the words for just a few minutes each day.

For the Vocabulary Words, also write the definition on the card for learning and review.

More Reading Activities

The activities you and your child participate in with these cards are similar the the games played with the Alphabet Flashcards.

You can call out the words and have your child spell them out loud, write them down on paper, or type them into the computer.

For the Vocabulary Words, you could call out the word and have your child spell the word and give the definiton. If you have the larger index cards, your child can also write a sentence for the word.

Another actvity is to keep these cards in a box and revisit them to help reinforce the correct spelling of the words and their meanings throughout the school year. You could also hook the cards together with a ring and keep them in the car to review while driving from one place to the next.

The more activities and games you can use to review these words will improve your child’s reading ability greatly! The more they see and say the words the better readers they will become.

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