(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.
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Read to your child every day. Make it part of your routine.
Talk to your child about their friends.
Comment on writing that you see at home- cereal, signs, TV, computer, etc
Provide daily opportunities to play outside
Ask your child to tell you about their writing.
Plan things with your child- day, party, library
Encourage your child
After you have read a story, act it out with your child.
Encourage your child to describe items at home or outside
Encourage child to read to you. Use the pictures to tell the story.
Talk to your child as you work around the house (I am mopping the floor.)
Talk to your child about the letters of the alphabet. Make it fun!
Encourage your child to write.
Ask questions while reading- who, why, where, how
Ask children what they see, taste, smell or touch
Model cooperation for your child and talk about how you help at home.
Take them to the library and let them choose books.
Ask your child about their feelings. Provide vocabulary as needed
Patiently answer your child's questions even if you answered them many times before.
Pretend with your child and play different roles with them
Ask child questions about what they see around them
Count with your child daily- number of pennies, chairs, towels, etc
Sing and dance with child- ask child to describe music
Talk about shapes you see in the house and outside
