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ELS Language Centers
Daiva Berzinkas
Email: daivaberz@gmail.com
Home Literacy Newsletter/
May 2010

Literacy Starts at Home

Learning how to read and write is one of the
most important keys to your child’s success in
school and all through life! It is an important skill
in English language development. Your child’s
LOVE OF READING will help him/her become
successful English speakers and readers. This
newsletter is designed with tips, tricks, advice,
and helpful resources for you, as parents, to help
get them there!! Make reading part of your
everyday life! Read at home!!!
Reading
Tips for Growing Bookworms Reading List for the Month Super
Star!!

Read Aloud
Read the books your children read. The Absent Minded Fairy
Choose books that your children will enjoy. Author: Margaret VandegriftFour Eyes
Make sure your children have their own books.
Visit libraries and bookstores. Author: Margaret H.L. LimThe New Wizard
Read yourself, and model an appreciation for of Oz
reading. Author: L. Frank Baum
Point out when you are learning useful information
by reading.
Be selective in television watching.
Create cozy reading spaces within your home. FREE access of translatable books online:
http://en.childrenslibrary.org/
Let them stay up late reading under the covers!
by Jen
Robinson Online Literacy Resources:

Visit PBS /BOOKLIGHTS Reading is Fundamental:

http://www.pbs.org/parents/booklights/3.html for http://www.rif.org/parents/
more information. BILINGUAL SITE: Colorin Colorado:
http://www.colorincolorado.org/families
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Tip #9 – Create a
“booknook.” A comfortable
and fun place to promote
reading inside your house!

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