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3 years old:

FACT: Learning letter sounds is a big step in learning to read. A great place to begin is with the first letter in your child's name.

TIP: As you sit together, help your child find the first letter in their name on a magazine: "Look, it's (N) for Nate! Can your child make the (N) sound?"

GROWTH: Keep making letter sounds. Now take turns listing words that start with the first letter in your child's name. Can each of you think of three words?

FACT: When you name the things that your baby points to, you're showing them that you care. You're also building early vocabulary and language skills!

TIP: As you go about your day together, name the things they point to. Say: Cup. That's a cup. Plate. That's a plate!

GROWTH: Keep naming the things your baby points to. It builds language! Now tell them what each item does: "We drink out of a cup. The plate holds our food."