For Kids
Preschoolers and Early Literacy
“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all.”
— Jacqueline Kennedy
What your preschooler can do:
- Loves to explore the world around them
- Is full of questions
- Wants to know the names of objects and people
- Needs to socialize
- Wants to share their thoughts and have conversations
- Puts words together to make simple two-word sentences
What you can do:
- Run your finger under the text as you read
- Point out the title, the author's and the illustrator's names
- Use picture books with longer stories
- Choose books with rhyme, rhythm, repetition, pattern and prediction
- Ask open-ended questions about the story
- Introduce informational texts about things that are real, e.g. animals
Resources for choosing great books:
Reading together and reading aloud is fun and important for young children. Hearing books read aloud gives young children a good start in building vocabulary, learning about their world and loving books.
Great Reads
Look Out Kindergarten, Here I Come! (PDF)
¡Prepárate, kindergarten! ¡Allá voy!
Read for Real (PDF)
Leer de Verdad
Read Together Read Aloud (PDF)
Lean Juntos, Lean en Voz Alta (PDF)