Imagine the Possibilities!
Here are activities you can do with your child to strengthen the home-school partnership. Literacy learning is all about having a go and being exposed to a text-rich environment.
Gather collections of pictures from magazines, newspapers and other sources. Give students the opportunity to reinterpret the events of an existing image or illustrate one of their own.
Have your child draw a fantasy character and then swap with a partner who has to write the character’s history. Swap and compare ideas.
Engage children in conversation – about books, their day, things you notice when out and about. Another option is to choose a section of a book and rewrite it, to be performed as a play – perhaps with a different character or setting involved.
Look at words that have double meanings. Illustrate both versions of the word. Ask others for their favourite puns and share the meanings.
Read the news headlines and talk to children about what is happening in the community. Look for real-world solutions and think of actions they could take to help support others. Consider writing a letter to the editor with them.
Visit the library or find neglected books at home. Students can redesign covers using cartoon/manga images and create illustrations to reflect the content. Comic strips can even be produced to re-tell the stories.
Create a nice space at home with bookshelves, a variety of texts, cushions and chairs. Dedicate the environment as a reading space and encourage your child to foster a love of reading.