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Boosting Vocabulary: At Home & Tutor Tips

4/24/2017

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Vocabulary refers to the words we understand and use to communicate effectively. Vocabulary is a very important part of the reading process, as it contributes largely to our comprehension of a given text. We cannot understand a text without knowing what most of the words mean.
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What parents can do to help at home:
  • Engage your child in conversations every day. If possible, include new and interesting words in your conversation.
  • Read to your child each day. Whenever a book contains a new or interesting word, pause and define the word for your child.
  • Help build word knowledge by classifying and grouping objects or pictures while naming them.
  • Help build your child's understanding of language by playing verbal games and telling jokes and stories.
  • Encourage your child to read on his or her own. The more children read, the more words they encounter and learn.

What our tutors can do:
  • First, provide a simple, kid-friendly definition for any new word. For instance, you might say, “Enormous means that something is really, really big.”
  • Second, provide a simple, kid-friendly example that makes sense within their daily life. “Remember that really big watermelon we got at the grocery store? That was an enormous watermelon!”
  • Third, encourage your student to develop their own example. “What enormous things can you think of? Can you think of something really big that you saw today? That's right! The bulldozer near the park was enormous! Those tires were huge.”

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Learning starts at home: promote wonder!

4/17/2017

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Have you ever wondered why peaches are fuzzy? How heavy the sun is? What happens when you mix all different colors of paint together? Chances are, if you’re a parent, you’ve fielded a few questions like this from your son or daughter. At Teton Literacy, we believe that parents are a child’s first and most important teacher.

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Parent engagement and support is essential in order for children to reach their academic potential and be successful in school and their community.  Learning is more successful when it is connected to and supported at home with family.

Luckily, you don’t have to know the answer to any of the above questions to help your child become a better student. All you have to do is indulge their sense of wonder and help them ask more questions. Learning how to investigate a question of interest and work to find the answer is one of the most important skills your child can learn on their path to lifelong academic success. Your support could be as simple as saying: “Look at that beautiful flower! I wonder why it has so many leaves. Let’s find out!”
After you identify a question, head to the library together or look on some trusted websites to find the answer! If you’re in need of a jumping off point, here’s a website we like: www.wonderopolis.org
Beyond this, here are some more ways you can create a home environment that is supportive of your child’s academics:
  • Read together every day! If your child sees you reading, she’s more likely to aspire to become a reader just like you.
  • Tell stories. Not only is this fun to do as a family, it strengthens oral language skills (essential for reading success) and promotes a strong sense of identity.
  • Cook together, build together, DO something together. The literacy skills involved in following a recipe or reading instructions to build a swingset are numerous. Everyday activities are a great jumping off point for diving into the inquiry process. Make ordinary tasks an opportunity to learn!
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