Early Literacy Activities

Watch Children's Librarian Mary Lynn as she guides children and their grown-ups through new Early Literacy Activities every week.
 

Early Literacy Activity #1: Listening (listening skills & phonological awareness) 1 minute

Early Literacy Activity #2: Art with Food (Taste, textures, fine motor skills) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #3: Just Breathe (self regulation, mindfulness) 3 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #4: Alphabet Day (letter recognition) 1 minute

Early Literacy Activity #5: Sensory Bins (play, creativity, fine motor skills, measurement...)  2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #6: In the Kitchen (early numeracy, fine motor skills, dexterity, concepts) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #7: Build a Tent (imaginative play) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #8: Once Upon a Time (narrative skills) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #9: Basket of Balls (motor skills, vocabulary) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #10: Nature Walk (early numeracy, narrative skills) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #11: Sensory Bottles (self-regulation, vocabulary) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #12: Paint with Nature (dexterity, narrative skills) 3 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #13: Pairs of Opposites (concept awareness) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #14: STEAM Activities (early numeracy, vocabulary) 3 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #15: What can you do with a box? (critical thinking, vocabulary) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #16: Feelings (vocabulary, narrative skills) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #17: Matching (pre-math skills) 3 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #18: Singing (hearing the smallest parts of words) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #19: Let's Pretend (play, imagination) 1 minute

Early Literacy Activity #20: The Food We Eat (shapes, colors, textures) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #21: Water Exploration (concepts, early science skills) 2 minutes

Early Literacy Activity #22: Writing (letter awareness) 2 minutes