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Literacy for Kids: 50 Reading, Writing, Listening & Speaking Activity Ideas

50 Early Literacy Actitivy Ideas

If you are looking for reading, writing, listening or speaking ideas suitable for young children, then these 50 activity ideas provide a great place to start. Follow the link under each picture for more information.

Reading & Writing

#1: Street Directory Literacy
#2: Calendars and Diaries
literacy play party invitations#3: Party Invitations
playing school#4: Playing School
alphabet-rocks#5: Alphabet Rocks #6: Messages of Love
literacy play catalogues#7: Junk Mail & Catalogues
labels#8: Labels
playing library#9: Playing Library
literacy in the block corner#10: Literacy in the Block Corner
recipe-books#11: Recipe Books & Cooking with Kids
#12: Postcards
#13: 5 Easter Egg Hunt Ideas
story ideas#14: Extending the Story Experience
pre writing activities#15: 10 Pre-Writing Activities
invitation to write#16: Invitations to ‘Write’
alphabet-fun#17: Playing with Letters
simple letterbox#18: Playing Postman
#19: Library Treasure Hunt
Routine-Cards#20: Printable Picture Card Routines
brainstorming kids thinking activities#21: Brainstorming
kids and magazines#22: Magazines
letter-from-a-character#23: Letter From A Character
literacy-outdoors#24: Literacy Learning Outdoors
sand tray activities#25: Sand Tray Activities
reading with children#26: Growing Kids Who Read
playing with literacy#27: Playtime Literacy
kids literacy ideas#28: Literacy Links
playing and learning with maps#29: Literacy with Maps
old fashioned technology#30: Old Fashioned Technology
writing play#31: 5 Tips for Playful ‘Writers’
reading road trip#32: Reading Road Trip
visual schedules#33: Visual Schedules
cafe play#34: Restaurants & Cafes
letter-to-santa#35: Letters to Santa
#36: Letter Stamps
#37: Instructions

Speaking & Listening

tin can telephone#38: Tin Can Telephone
kids literacy ideas#39: Clap It Out
literacy story cards#40: Story Cards
nursery-rhymes#41: Nursery Rhymes
felt-board#42: Felt Board Stories
video literacy for kids#43: Video as a Literacy Tool
photo album literacy#44: Photo Albums
#45: Playing With Puppets
#46: Audio Stories
literacy experiences#47: Revisiting Family Experiences
speech development conversation#48: Encouraging Conversation
kids literacy ideas#49: 5 Games for Playing with Language
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#50 5 Simple Listening Games

What are your favourite playful literacy activities?

Christie Burnett is a teacher, presenter, writer and the mother of two. She created Childhood 101 as a place for teachers and parents to access engaging, high quality learning ideas.

Filed Under: Literacy, Literacy Spot Tagged With: emergent literacy

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  1. Natalie says

    August 29, 2012 at 10:32 AM

    These are great ideas. There are so many fun activities out there to help encourage literacy among kids - a favourite in our house is the giant blackboard wall in the kitchen, nothing like some good old wall writing to make them want to practice the alphabet.
  2. Jode says

    September 3, 2012 at 8:07 PM

    Oh my goodness Christie...i am so excited and inspired reading all these wonderful activities...thanks for putting together such a fab post...am pinning to the co-op board now!
  3. Debs says

    March 12, 2014 at 3:33 PM

    Wow! How fabulous to have them all in the one place! Pinned :)

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