At-Home Resources
Welcome to Strong Start!
Thank you for your interest in supporting children’s learning at home.
Please note that, as well as being helpful for parents, these resources will be useful for anyone wanting to help children develop early literacy skills in a fun way – caregivers, grandparents, siblings, babysitters … the list goes on!
If you enjoy these resources, we would love to hear from you. Please contact us at support@strongstart.ca. Check back often to get more ideas on giving your child a Strong Start to reading!
Before You Begin…
- The Power of Reading Aloud
- Start With a Book
- Learning Styles
- Repetition
- Moving From the Known to the Unknown
- Learning Through Play
Let’s Play!
- Reading Together
- I Spy in a Book
- Cover Up
- Simon Says
- Star in Your Own Story
- Take Away Game
- Building Letters and Words
- Textured Writing
- Using Found Materials
- Playdough Letters
- Reading Around the House
- Bounce or Skip
- Move Like a Letter
- Sing a Word
- Chalk it Up
- Painting Letters and Words
- Bingo
- Make a Board Game
- Hopscotch
- Letter or Word Games
- I Spy
- Letters and Words Are Everywhere
- Rhyming Games
- Word Family Flip Book
- Rhyme Time
- Race Car Roller
- Alphabet Walk
- Scavenger Letter Match