During these acvies, your child: • Uses his or her imaginaon and creavity • Learns new words • Explores diﬀerent characters and stories • Makes decisions and solves problems • Begins to understand symbols and how one object can “stand for” another object or idea • Develops empathy And, all these skills are important for learning to read, write and use numbers. Let’s Pretend: Preschoolers Literacy begins at home and grows through pretend play. Children naturally gain skills during play acvies. Here are some easy and fun imaginave acvies that support your preschool child’s development: Play with puppets, stuffed animals, dolls or action ﬁgures. This allows children to experiment with role playing. They can assign actions, ideas, and feelings to these toys during play. Pretend to grocery shop or go to a restaurant. These are two popular imaginary play scenarios. Try writing a shopping list or a menu together. Tell, write or role play a story. It could be retelling a family favourite or creating something new. Dress up. Halloween isn’t the only time for costumes. With just a few items of clothing or pieces of fabric, children can be different characters. A little face painting only adds to the fun. Create imaginative play spaces together. You can use an old blanket and two chairs to create a ‘play tent’. A very large cardboard box can be used to build a playhouse. 604.681.4199 | www.decoda.ca | decodaliteracy | @decodaliteracy f a m i l y l i t e r a c y w e e k Let’s Play Together! For more playful family fun ideas, visit www.decoda.ca

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During these activities, your child:

• Uses his or her imagination and creativity

• Learns new words

• Explores different characters and stories

• Makes decisions and solves problems

• Begins to understand symbols and how one object can “stand for” another object or idea

• Develops empathy

And, all these skills are important for learning to read, write and use numbers.

Let’s Pretend: Preschoolers

Literacy begins at home and grows through pretend play. Children naturally gain skills during play activities. Here are some easy and fun imaginative activities that support your preschool child’s development:

Play with puppets, stuffed animals, dolls or action figures. This allows children to experiment with role playing. They can assign actions, ideas, and feelings to these toys during play.

Pretend to grocery shop or go to a restaurant. These are two popular imaginary play scenarios. Try writing a shopping list or a menu together.

Tell, write or role play a story. It could be retelling a family favourite or creating something new.

Dress up. Halloween isn’t the only time for costumes. With just a few items of clothing or pieces of fabric, children can be different characters. A little face painting only adds to the fun.

Create imaginative play spaces together. You can use an old blanket and two chairs to create a ‘play tent’. A very large cardboard box can be used to build a playhouse.

604.681.4199 | www.decoda.ca | decodaliteracy | @decodaliteracy

family literacy week

Let’s Play Together!

For more playful family fun ideas, visit www.decoda.ca