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Early Literacy Fun: October 2018

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

1 Read a book with 2 4 Make up short 5 PA DAY 6 Enjoy family reading
your child. Have sentences. Say them time. Everyone reads
him/her point to again and leave out a (words or pictures) for 15
the start of the 3 word. Ask your child to minutes. Read in your
sentence. tell you the missing home language or English.
word!
7 Read a book 8 9 Count how 10 Make up 11 12 Have your child 13
with your child. many sentences sentences using find one long
Have him/her are on a page in different words sentence and one
point to the end a story. (e.g., table, book, short sentence in a
of the sentence. school). Include your familiar book.
home language.
14 Have family 15 16 17 18 Talk about 19 20 Talk about the
members say a sentences in a book. punctuation marks (e.g.,
sentence using Sentences are made of periods, commas, question
the word ‘thanks’ words, marked by marks) in a book.
(e.g., Thanks for punctuation.
the cookie).
21 22 Find an ‘asking’ 23 24 25 Write sentences on 26 27 Show your child
sentence (question) paper and cut the different types of print.
in a book or sentence into words. Read signs, billboards,
electronic story. Put the words back recipes, labels and
together to make the schedules.
sentence.
28 Read a story 29 30 31 Halloween
Ontario EarlyON Child and Family Centres offer a variety of activities and
and leave off the
information for families with children up to the age of 6 years.
last word. Talk
To find your nearest location go to:
about why you
https://www.ontario.ca/page/find-earlyon-child-and-family-centre
need the last
word.