Happy Reading Month!
Happy Reading Month!
2- to 5-year-olds are developing within a rapid period of word learning.
Children remember more target words when presented in a rhyme.
Rhyme increases predictability which assists recall and makes it easier to learn new words.
Parents in Action
Take advantage of this critical period to support vocabulary learning.
Read engaging texts and poems with repetition.
Pause before target words to highlight them and make them more memorable.
Ask questions and listen to your child’s comments and responses and have a conversation.
Read, K. (2014). Clues cue the smooze: rhyme, pausing, and prediction help children learn new words from storybooks. Frontiers in Pscychology 5(149) pp. 1-23
The month of March
Has just blown in,
To say that Spring
Will soon begin.
March roars in like a lion,
With a bluster and a slam!
And tiptoes out gently
Like a quiet little lamb.