More ideas to support Literacy at home:

• Keep a brief diary of your time at home – draw a picture and write a simple sentence each day.
   
• Make some labels for the items around the house, using your phonic knowledge
   
• Read a story book to your child and get them to follow the text as your reading with their index finger.
   

• Read a book everyday, then change the ending to the story. Can you come up with a more exciting end to the story? 
   

• Who am I? Choose one of your child’s favourite book characters, then describe his or her personality traits, problems and physical description until your child guesses the character’s identity.
   
• Get a book (story or reading book) pick a word and have a race as to who can find it first on that page.
   
• Pick your favourite character from the story you are reading. If you could ask them any question what would you ask them? What do you think they would say?
   
• Tell a story together my turn, your turn.E.g. 
  You-Once upon a time there was...
  Child ....
  You - He lived in
  Child ...
  You - One day he decided to
  Child...
   
• Pick a word or picture from the book and see how many describing words you can think of for it. E.g. a cloud - fluffy, white, soft, large, like a cotton ball, as big as a snowman etc
   
• Before reading a new book you can also get your child to predict what will happen by looking at the title and front cover.
   
• Whilst reading a book you can ask the children questions, for example ‘what do you think is going to happen next?’, or ‘how do you think she is feeling now?’