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Day 39: Listening with Care

Here is another learning activity adapted from our “Home Preschool Curriculum” developed by Fran Wisniewski and Diane Flynn Keith for UniversalPreschool.com.

Remember, only do these learning activities if they are enjoyable for you and your child. Do not treat this as a “must do” lesson. It’s simply a fun activity that provides an opportunity to learn, while building “readiness skills” for the school or homeschool environment.

~ Listening with Care ~

Children need to develop good listening skills to develop good language and reading skills.  They must learn to discriminate various sounds in order to associate a particular sound with a letter.  Then, they need to remember the sounds that letters make so they can reproduce them and use them to make words as their language skills develop.

Listening skills can be practiced in a fun way.  Each child’s individual developmental timetable will help to determine if they are ready for the activities described below.  Remember that this is not a race.  Children’s maturity, attention span, and personal vocabulary will influence their ability to listen actively and selectively.  Respect their readiness.  If these activities are frustrating or boring, by all means, move on to something that your child can accomplish successfully and is interested in doing.  Learning should be a joyful experience.  If your child isn’t attentive and actively engaged in the activity, put it away and try something else.

Note: For more information, read, “How Can Parents Model Good Listening Skills?

In these classic children’s games, kids learn to listen carefully and follow directions:

Take a Sound Walk! Go on a walk around the block and have your child identify everything they hear.  Can they tell what direction a sound is coming from?

For more ideas on developing reading readiness skills visit http://www.homefires.com/click?learnread.

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