Financial Aid 101 – Prep Reading

Here is a link for some reading on Financial Aid.  Make your list of questions for our Q & A session at Financial Aid 101 Night on Tuesday, January 10, 2017.

https://studentaid.ed.gov/sa/types#aid-from-the-federal-government

 

 

Literacy Activity #3

Literacy Activity #3: Explore print and language in the real world.

Reading books is important, but children must be aware that print and our language is in the real world. Being aware that our world consist of language and print rich environments will emphasize the importance of literacy.

Here are a few ways to explore print and language in the real world.

1. Young children: Point to signs, labels, etc. in the grocery story and identify the different sounds. Have the child tell you the sound and play a game of other words or sounds that are alike.
2. Young Children: Sing nursery rhymes and have lots of conversations to help build a rich vocabulary and strong oral language skills.
3. Young children: Ask the child to tell a story by drawing pictures and then “reading” their story to you.
4. Use a cookbook or recipe to show your child how to follow steps to make a batch of cooks.
5. Play a board game like Scrabble to practice reading skills, and to expand vocabulary.
6. Listen to audio books together as a family.
7. Read the newspaper, magazine, menus or other forms of print with your child.

Share your ideas of how you expose your children to print and language in the real world.

Literacy At Home Activity #2

Literacy at home activity for week #2 :  Initiate dinner table discussions with your children.  

You and your children don’t need to read the same books to have dinner table conversations about the books.  I know my children are interested in what I am reading. Of course, I don’t discuss the entire plot of the story with them, but I do give them a brief kid-friendly synopsis of the book.

Talk about the books they are reading. Ask them questions that will encourage a discussion, such as:

• 1) What is the main topic of the book?
• 2) Where is the story set? How do you know?
• 3) What do you think will happen next?
• 4) How does this book compare to another one you have read on this topic?

Let the conversation flow naturally.  As the conversation flows, you will have other questions, as you  let your student talk about the book.  Share what you are reading too,  but remember to share appropriate content with them.