LITERACY

“Reading brings us unknown friends” 
― Honoré de Balzac

Shopping your way with words

Use your weekly shopping trip as an opportunity to help your child develop reading and writing skills.

What you'll need:

Paper and pencils, Newspaper or catalogue ads

What to do:

As you make out your grocery shopping list, give your child a sheet of paper and read the items to him or her. If the child asks for spelling help, write the words correctly for him or her to copy or spell the words aloud as your child writes them.

Ask your child to look through the newspaper/catalogue ads to find the prices of as many items as possible. Your child can write these prices on the list. Take your child to the supermarket and ask him or her to read each item to you as you shop.

Adapted from readingrockets.org