One parent asked for more parent involvement, particularly in the curriculum area. I sent out a fairly-detailed weekly newsletter, but I understand her desire to have a better understanding of how she could be helping her daughter. I've been thinking about this concern all day, and I've come up with a number of ways to include more. One way, I want to help parents help their children is by sending home literacy bags.
I'm not sure where I originally discovered literacy bags, but I know Reading Rockets has a ton of information about them; they have materials for bags on their site as well. Basically, literacy bags are bags of themed books and activities that children can take home and do with their families. Each literacy bag will contain:
- at least three books centered around the same theme
- a stuffed toy to match the theme
- a journal
- a list of activities the families can do together
- tips to help families read to the children.
Here is an example of what I hope my Amazing Apples Literacy Bag will look like:
- Apples for Everyone by Jill Esbaum
- Up, Up, Up! It’s Apple-Picking Time by Jody Fickles Shapiro
- Amelia Bedelia’s First Apple Pie by Herman Parish
- Apple-shaped Pillow
- Apple Journal - This will likely just be a notebook with an apple-decorated cover.
- Example activities
- Letter with Reading Tips
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