- Literacy and Numeracy
How can literacy and numeracy be enhanced at an early and/or later stage?
Answer:
That’s a good question. Here are some tips for parents:
Literacy
- Try to spend at least 10 minutes a day reading with your child.
- Try to listen to your child read out loud every day, and encourage them to read to visitors or younger siblings.
- Reading out loud, even for a short time, can help build your child’s confidence in reading.
- Try asking your child to read notes, signs and menus out loud regularly.
- Let your child see that you enjoy reading.
Numeracy
- Talk positively about math with your child – even if you struggled with it at school yourself.
- Talk to your child about how you use math in everyday life – while shopping and keeping score in sports games, telling the time etc.
- Help your child to see the real-life purpose for the math they are learning at school
- Play games with cards, dominoes or dice to help your child with math.
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