Heinemann publishing, in partnership with Irene Fountas and Gay Su Pinnell, is pleased to announce the release of an introductory version of FPL Digital for customers who have purchased the Leveled Literacy Intervention Systems (LLI) K–2. (continue reading)
Play your child's favorite song or sing it together. Encourage your child through prompts to talk, draw, or write about how they think and feel about the song. (continue reading)
Encourage children to share their thinking about reading in creative ways. Guide them with general prompts in order to have them think about themes, characters, genre, and connections to their own life, the world, and other texts. (continue reading)
Have children use a small notebook (or use their Reader's Notebook) to list all the books they read and that you read together. Encourage them to add a brief statement about each book. (continue reading)
Have the child talk to family members about special recipes. Put the recipes together to make a family recipe book, and invite the child to draw pictures to illustrate the recipes. (continue reading)
Using books and magazines, collect information on other places. Explore the materials together. Ask: “How do books help us travel to new places?” (continue reading)
