Is your home literacy-friendly? You are your child’s first teacher. Your home is where your child will get his or her first experiences with books and reading. Look around your home and think about what you do with your child. If the statement on the checklist is true, place a check in the true column. If the statement is false, place a check in the false column. Don’t worry if you don’t have a lot of these items in your home. We will discuss this as a group and find ways for you to make or find some of these items.
| What my child has access to…. | True | False |
| My child has at least one alphabet book | |
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| My child has alphabet letters to play with | |
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| My child has crayons and pencils available | |
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| My child has paper available | |
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| My child has at least one rhyme book | |
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| My child has a picture book | |
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| My child has a library card (or I have a card) | |
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| My child has materials and games to help learn the alphabet | |
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| What I or another adult do…. | ||
| Read a picture book with my child once per week | |
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| Read a picture book four times a week | |
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| Teach new words to my child every day | |
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| Have a detailed conversation with my child once per week | |
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| (e.g. How do you think ice cream is made?) | |
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| Have a detailed conversation every day | |
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| Help my child learn nursery rhymes | |
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| Encourage my child to tell me what he or she wants using a complete sentence | |
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| Take my child to the library regularly | |
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