Family literacy night activities

Bingo For Books- literacy night, back to school and open house activity

Help families read with their child every night! This free toolkit explains the importance of read alouds and how to include it in their daily routine. Also includes discussion questions that can be used with any book (at any age!), book lists, journals and more!

I’m a strong believer that games are extremely beneficial to children. Not only are they just plain fun but there is always so much learning going on. I probably don’t need to explain all the benefits

Do you want to involve more families in your family literacy events at school? Would you like to have rocking events that families will love? Here are some family literacy night ideas and tips that will set you on the road to success.

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Movie Family Night is such a fun theme! We made storyboards for our own movies, read a fun partner play with headbands, played Sight Word POP! and participated in a candy bar wrapper design contest! Lots of fun activities for parents and kids. Buzzing with Ms. B

These activities are so much fun. Our kids and parents loved participating in a camping-themed family literacy night! We made S'mores, read books, created puppets to retell stories, and more! Buzzing with Ms. B

At our school, each year we host a family literacy night during the week of the book fair. Each teacher chooses a story and then picks 1 or 2 quick literacy activities that relate to the story for students to do. We have tables set up in the hallway and students can go from table to table with their families doing whichever activities they choose. Each I year a pick the same book. It's an oldie but a goodie, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie." Here is an example of my little set up, inside my…

Family Night events are a low-key way for your students' parents to participate at any level they can. Here's how to plan an event with your class.

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