Phonological awareness is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.  This an area of literacy you can help your child develop as you sing together, or clap out rhythms, or have fun with nursery rhymes.

Studies on brain development emphasize the importance of a child’s interaction with adults around reading.  Print motivation is having an interest in and enjoyment of reading.  Parents and caregivers can model that reading is an enjoyable, fun activity.  Children enjoy doing activities with caring adults.  Making reading time fun and non-stressful helps children in the area of print motivation.  You don’t have to try to teach reading, you just need to make shared reading time something that your child looks forward to.

Research shows there are 6 crucial areas that lay the foundation for later reading success.  They are:

1. Print Movivation

2. Phonological Awareness

3. Vocabulary

4. Narrative Skills

5. Print Awareness

6. Letter Knowledge

Parents and caregivers have limitless opportunities throughout the day to help their charges develop in these areas.  Each week we will take a day to highlight one area or activity, and let you know how the library story hour is also supporting these areas.

Royalton Memorial Library  Make A Splash At Your Library

Summer Reading Program Thursdays, 3-4PM, 6/24-8/5 At the Library

Children K-6^th Grade – Free

06/24/2010   “ What is a Watershed” Grafton Nature Museum

07/01/2010   “ Amphibians” Grafton Nature Museum

07/08/2010   “     Rivers”  White River Partnership

07/15/2010   “     Boats/Pirates” Books, Songs, Activities

07/22/2010   “     Fish/Sea Creatures” Books, Songs, Activities

07/29/2010   “     Sharks/Whales/Dolphins” Books, Songs, Activities

08/05/2010   “     Oceans” Beach Party Finale