Homeschool Support Services

1. Make reading part of the daily routine, as confidence builds, take turns reading a page of text with your child

2. Take biweekly trips to the local library or the library.  You may be surprised at the resources available!

3. Demonstrate how to use a diary to make short journal entries about the fun of the day, Make it a shared activity by writing in your own journal alongside him/her.

4. Write letters to family and friends, postcards are a less taxing alternative

5. Make signs to celebrate special occasions as a family, coloring or tracing can offer fine motor practice

6. Use sound and movement to practice literacy skills

7. Try audio books when you can't do a read aloud

8. Create a vocabulary jar

9. Need to cook dinner and give your child a few independent, constructive minutes?  Try an app.

Understood.org

Handwriting Without Tears

The Literacy Nest

National Handwriting Association, UK

The OT Toolbox

Step Up for Students