Print LANGUAGE GOALS and check off as they are achived. Keep for your records.
Phonics
Choral reading: read along with child, or have child read along with
audio books
Listening to literature, music, poetry
Nursery rhymes, fairy tales, Rebus Rhymes , fables
Social listening: Turn taking while listening, and story progression.
Oral communication skills:
Child can hold a conversation with a non-family member and be understood.
Role play: Can take the perspective of another either in social situation, or in a pretend situation.Child can be the "doctor."
Following and giving directions: Child can follow and give 2 step directions (some children are later to develop this skill).
Paraphrasing and summarizing: Child can describe main idea or lesson
of story. Constructing visual images while listening: child can imagine
what is being described to him or her.
Organizing ideas: Child can tell a story with a beginning, a middle,
and an end.
Relating events and experiences using complete sentences
Listening for correct speech habits and word usage:
Child can tell the difference between past present and future in grammar.
Beginning writing process
Manuscript handwriting
Adapted from World Book Typical Course of Study
Begin Alphabet and Phonics flash cards for recognition
Begin writing Alphabet, do not be concerned about backwards letters, or control
of pencil, work on grip.
Have your child begin to memorize his or her own name and to write it on his
or her own paper.
ABC Mommy and Me Book
McGuffey's Illustrated Primer or The First Reader / Lewis B. Monroe
The Story of Dr. Dolittle
Animal Stories
Other Fairy Tales
Online Books