• Read at Home Supports

    SUPPORTING READING AT HOME
    Learning to read begins at home through everyday interactions with children, long before they attend 
    school. Supporting literacy development as children enter elementary school and progress through 
    grades positively affects their reading ability. The Regional Educational Laboratory Southeast (REL-SE) 
    provides family activities with easy-to-follow instructions to help children practice foundational 
    reading skills at home. Foundational skills include oral language, phonological awareness, phonics, 
    fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Phonological awareness, alphabetic skills and language skills 
    are the best predictors of early reading success (B.E.S.T., Appendix E, p. 206). There are short family 
    videos for tips and support on how to use the activities to help children grow as readers. Using the 
    family activities at home can help children develop language, link sounds to letters, blend letters and 
    word parts to read and write the words and ultimately read for understanding. 

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