Watch your child progress
As a parent, you can learn a lot about your child's learning
and watch for signs of possible problems. Here are some things
to look for and to discuss with his teacher:
Starting at age 3 or 4:
Does your child remember nursery rhymes, and can he play rhyming
games?
At about age 4:
Can your child get information or directions from conversations
or books that are read aloud to him? Kindergartners:Is your
child beginning to name and write the letters and numbers that
he sees in books, on billboards and signs, and in other places?
At age 5:
Can your child play and enjoy simple word games in which two or
more words start with the same sound? For example: "Name all the
animals you can think of that start with d."
At ages 5 and 6:
Does your child show that he understands that spoken words can
be broken down into smaller parts (for example, by noticing the
word big in bigger)?
Does he seem to understand that you can change a small part of a
word and make a different word (for example, by changing the
first sound and letter of cat, you can make hat, sat, mat, bat,
rat, and so on)?