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 * listen to the radio,TV, live performances, for stories, songs, plays...
 * borrow cassette and / or video tapes of stories and/or documentaries
 * borrow games on CD for your computer
 * sing songs, listen, locate and identify sounds in the environment
 * take time to explain meanings of unfamiliar words and world events
 * play sound / word / spelling games: rhyming words, opposites (grand-petit), synonyms (beau, joli), words that begin or end with the same sound, identify silent letters
 * have books and other print material in your home
 * join the Public Library to borrow books, tapes, videos, records, CD ( list borrowed items)
 * vary the types of books that you read to yourself and with your child (science fiction, poetry, mystery, humour, non-fiction, legends, folktales, books that focus on Canada and other countries and cultures)
 * vary the ways you read to and with your child: 1) take turns-sentence, paragraph, page, 2) read together (choral) 3) whisper 4) silly voice 5) note the punctuation
 * gather and use information from a variety of sources ie. use a picture, dictionary, newsletter encyclopedia, thesaurus, graph, map, poster, schedules, sign, label, recipe, menu,
 * talk about and use book features (table of contents, index, glossary, title page)
 * have your child write the notes to the teacher---you sign and date them
 * write notes and create cards (reminders, to-do lists, instructions, grocery lists, invitations)
 * write letters to the company that makes your favourite cereal or candy or to your favourite author, sports personality, relative, friend in different cities, penpal (mail, e-mail) or...
 * encourage diary writing, keep a personal dictionary of interesting or important words
 * use newspapers / magazines to find words / letters / pictures and use them to create poems, stories, mystery letters, books (alphabet, color, rhyming, riddle of the day, joke)
 * supply special paper and / or stamps as gifts
 * play / create word games ie Scrabble, Clue, Spill and Spell, Jeopardy, Wheel of Fortune, do crossword puzzles
 * write a poem about someone special as a gift, or write new words for familiar songs
 * write labels for things in the home ie. clock, chair
 * list or use a word of the day (week-end), collect signs, logos, word stickers, cards, badge