Yesterday as I was on Mr. Wee and Boo’s MySpace page, I came across a parent group where someone had asked if it was important they read to their baby. My answer: ABSOLUTELY!!!! It’s never too early to introduce your child to literacy!
I’ve heard Baby Read-Aloud Basics, is a great book. I haven’t read it [...]
It is never too early to read to your child. Even babies enjoy and benefit from the children’s books you read to them. They enjoy listening and interacting with you as you turn the pages of the book, point to the words on the pages, and look at the simple or colorful (and sometimes interactive) [...]
As I was driving back home from a weekend visit to see my family, I started thinking about my 16 month old niece. A smile was put on my face at the thought of all the fun we had this weekend. We sang a lot of nursery rhymes, ABC songs, and listened to Mr. Wee [...]
Creating an open communication system is key to building a strong parent-teacher relationship. The importance of creating this communication system will benefit your child, the teacher, and parents. Below are some helpful tips to create and maintain effective two-way communication.
Make a commitment with your child’s teacher to work together for the best interest of [...]
WeeTeachIt™ focuses on providing parents with tools, activities, and strategies that will optimize parent involvement while reinforcing the skills being taught in the classroom. As you are well aware research shows, “The more intensively parents are involved in their children’s learning, the more beneficial are the achievement effects. This holds true for all types [...]
Your child’s journey to becoming a good reader begins at home, long before he enters school. Research has shown that children are more successful in academics and social development when there is parent (family) involvement. Involvement in your child’s learning, whether it is at home or as a volunteer in the classroom, is [...]
Knowing how to “use” a book seems like such a simple thing that does not need to be taught – holding a book right side up, opening a book from right to left, turning the pages from right to left, and knowing that we read the words starting at the left of the page and [...]
“How to Help Your Child Learn to Read” by K. Karl, is a short article found at associatedcontent.com which gives parents a few of the basics as they begin to discover ways to help their child become a good reader.
In this article, Karl points out some fundamental kindergarten reading skills which [...]
Alphabet recognition is a building block for a strong foundation in reading. Alphabet recognition simply means knowing the names of the letters and the sounds they represent. It is one of the most dominant predictors in the success of early literacy, and is an important skill which opens the door for beginning readers.
Each activity below [...]
I LOVE it! This morning as I was talking to one of our tech guys in Indianapolis, he told me about how his children just love the Mr. Wee and Boo’s Wee-phabet Songs With A Fun Twist! He said his little guy, who is 1 yr. old, stops what he’s doing when [...]
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