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Engaging Activities for Children's Literacy

For print motivation, interactive books and a colorful spinner can attract children to read books. Interactive books allow children to manipulate them and a spinner encourages random learning in a fun way. For print awareness, picture books help children understand that letters, words and sentences each have meaning, especially when paired with illustrations. Parents can choose simple picture books for younger children and more complex ones for older children. When reading aloud, parents should follow the text with their finger from left to right to help children learn the reading direction. For letter knowledge, traced letters activities using rice or cornmeal on a plate allows children to trace letters and say their names and sounds. Writing letters in chalk on the sidewalk and having children write the

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Engaging Activities for Children's Literacy

For print motivation, interactive books and a colorful spinner can attract children to read books. Interactive books allow children to manipulate them and a spinner encourages random learning in a fun way. For print awareness, picture books help children understand that letters, words and sentences each have meaning, especially when paired with illustrations. Parents can choose simple picture books for younger children and more complex ones for older children. When reading aloud, parents should follow the text with their finger from left to right to help children learn the reading direction. For letter knowledge, traced letters activities using rice or cornmeal on a plate allows children to trace letters and say their names and sounds. Writing letters in chalk on the sidewalk and having children write the

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Children Literacy

Print Knowledge
Prepared by: Aisyah, Afrini, Syahirah & Putri
Tutorial Question
Choose one age group. Suggest two activities to
teach each of the following :
i. Print Motivation
ii. Print Awareness
iii. Letter knowledge
Print
Motivation
Interactive books
Being interested in and enjoying books.
Give children the opportunity to explore books
Provide books that include things they are interested
Use Interactive books that children can manipulate
All-turn-it Spinner
Increase curiosity
A colorful spinner can
attract children to read
books
Its random selection
attracts children to learn
in a fun way.
Print
Awareness
Print awareness is the understanding that the squiggly lines on a page
represent spoken language and that print is organized in a particular way. It
is knowing that words consist of letters and that spaces appear between
words. Print awareness is a child's earliest introduction to literacy.
Picture Books
Picture books can help children
realize that each letter, each
word, and each sentence has its
own meaning. With the
illustration along with the
text/print, children might
understand the context better.
Picture books are varies.
Parents can choose a simple one
for 3-4 years old child, and
choose the complex one for 5-7
years old child.
"Follow My Finger"
When reading aloud, follow the words with your finger from left to right
as you read them along with pointing to the pictures and any interesting
details. As the child starts to read, they will learn to do the same thing.
Letter
Knowledge
Traced the words
activity
Use a plate and pour some rice
or cornmeal for kids to trace a
letter with their finger, then say
its name and sound. Gently
shake the rice on the plate to
“erase”. Make sure to show
them the letter first, so they
can copy the shape.
Chalk Letters
Using sidewalk chalk, write an
uppercase letter and let the child write
the lowercase matching letter. Let them
tell you the sound it makes. Then switch
to the next letter. If they struggle to
write the right letter, just show them
how you write it and tell them it’s ok!
Keep these games light and fun for your
child; don’t show frustration or worry if
they’re struggling. They’ll catch on as
long as you keep practising!
Thank you !
See you next time!

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