Hop Your Way to Reading Readiness

Little ones love to move.  So, combine their energy for movement with a readiness skill.  What do you need to do?

•  Create a hopscotch board.  You can use chalk and draw it on a sidewalk.  Or use a clear shower curtain liner and draw it on with a permanent marker.  
• Next, you can draw or place letter cards in each square.  
• Have your child jump on the square while saying the letter name, sound it makes and a word that begins with that letter. 
• After your child knows his or letters and sounds, you can place common words in the squares for your child to learn like cat, a, the, is, etc.

Have fun and be creative with this game.  It will make learning fun.