Mother Goose Time provides a monthly curriculum for preschool aged children. Each month comes with all sorts of resources that help develop and improve literacy through fun games, journals, easy to read books and more. I know when I use this curriculum that my girls are learning important skills that will help create a foundation for reading and writing. Elli is only 2 so she's still learning her letters and the sounds they make. Every month comes with hands on letters and letter flags to use with the circle time display. These are really beneficial for young children, since they actually get to hold the letters. I laminate these pieces and the girls can use dry erase markers to practice tracing them.
Every day has a new topic related to the monthly theme. I just open the lesson plan book to the correct day, grab the corresponding bag, and we're ready to go. Each activity in the lesson plan book shows what skills will be gained from the exercise. For example, the postcard helps with emergent writing. This is a good way to see what skills your child may need more help with, or what skills can be made more advanced for them.
Every month comes with a new book related to the monthly theme. I pull the book out when we get our monthly box and we read it many times throughout the month. There are also story telling pieces so the girls get to use those to retell the story. This is great for seeing how much they are comprehending. Addie likes to use these to tell the story to Elli. This month the girls also made their own Johnny puppet based on the book of the month, which added yet another prop for story telling. All these activities are designed to make reading fun and engaging.
There are always numerous fun games that help encourage beginning reading. These are great confidence boosters for Addie, since they are easy words that she can read herself. I use these activities to work on letter recognition with Elli.
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