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There are a variety of educational resources from NCFL on Thinkfinity.org at the Thinkfinity Literacy Network. Here are resources that parents can use to learn more about interacting in educational ways with their preschoolers and fun activities they can engage in with their children to instill learning and improve their literacy skills. Some of the activities can be used by early childhood educators when working with children in preschool classrooms.
Find the Flags—this is a fun, interactive game that parents and their preschooler can do together while learning interesting facts about the American flag.
The Literacy Connection Calendar for Preschoolers— This is an interactive resource with 31 fun activities parents can do for a month with their children to promote literacy development.
Family Money Matters:Exploring the World of Economics — This is a resource for both early childhood educators and parents that uses children’s literature to introduce basic financial concepts and vocabulary; includes a sample lesson plan and an interactive game for adults to play with children.
For Parents of Preschoolers – Talking about Stories — Parents learn easy activities to do with their child while reading a book in this series of 8 podcasts. The activities described help parents enrich the reading aloud experience. Tip sheets help parents learn what to do before, during and after reading the book.
Explore the Literacy House — parents explore rooms of this house to see how simple it is to help their child learn through daily activities using everyday household items.