Read / Speak / Sing
Read, speak, sing: Encourage caregivers to read, speak, tell stories, and sing to/with their infants and children in their language of choice to promote language and early literacy skills, as well as socioemotional and relational development. Children at risk of reading difficulties: history of early speech or language delay, trouble identifying letters of the alphabet, difficulty with letter-sound correspondence or rhyming, family history of reading difficulty or disability. Read, speak, sing: promoting literacy (CPS) Early Literacy resources (CPS) Right to Read (CPS)
Parent Resources
Caring For Kids - Canadian Paediatric Society (CPS)
Read, Speak, Sing To Your Baby: How Parents Can Promote Literacy from Birth - Canadian Paediatric Society – Caring for Kids
Promoting Reading in School-Aged Children - Canadian Paediatric Society – Caring for Kids
Caring for Kids New to Canada. - Canadian Paediatric Society
About Kids Health - The Hospital for Sick Children
Early language development in babies and toddlers - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
Babbling with your child - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
Tips for developing language at 3 years - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
Sensory development and activities for children older than 2 years - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
Spatial reasoning skills: How to foster in children - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth
Early language development in babies and toddlers - The Hospital for Sick Children - AboutKidsHealth