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Junior Kindergarten
Suggested Literacy Activities (Ages 3-4)
Activity
Description
Skills Developped
Many Kinds of
Books
Read to your child daily. Try reading different • Listening closely to
types of books or texts in order to awaken his/her
stories that are read.
interest in reading (e.g., flap books, accordion • Showing interest in
books, touch and feel books, counting books,
reading.
repetitive structure books, books of different • Comparing a variety of
shapes and sizes, giant books, pop-up books,
books.
e-books, audiobooks). Go to your local library
to find out about its programs or go online to
discover activities you can take part in with your
child.
Talking
Objects?
Ask your child to close his/her eyes and to listen • Developping listening
to the sounds made by previously selected
skills.
objects, then ask him/her to name those objects. • Distinguishing and
Create sounds using a variety of objects. For
naming familiar sounds.
example: rattle a set of keys, crumple a sheet of • Using the appropriate
paper, use a stapler, ring a bell, blow in a whistle,
vocabulary associated
hit kitchen utensils together, shake a water bottle,
with his/her
turn on a fan, run water into the sink, turn the
environment.
radio on, open a door, shake a salt shaker, drop
a one dollar coin on the floor. Then switch roles.
A Picture
Paints a
Thousand
Words
Take pictures of your child in action or encourage • Relating personal
him/her to take pictures during different activities
experiences.
(e.g., a stroll through the playground, a birthday • Using simple sentences
party with friends, supper at a restaurant).
and complete
Choose one of the pictures and relate the event
sentences.
that is shown. Then invite your child to choose • Using the appropriate
a few pictures and to do the same. Continue
vocabulary.
the activity by creating a photo-album with your
child and writing a sentence that describes each
picture.
Resource Suggestions: A list of suggested resources follows the activities.
Junior Kindergarten
Suggested Numeracy Activities (Ages 3-4)
Activity
Description
Skills Developed
1, 2, 3! Qui est
là?
Take a deck of cards and remove the cards
numbered ace to 5. Shuffle those cards and
place them in a pile upside-down on the table.
Say: “1, 2, 3! Qui est là?” (“1, 2, 3! Who’s
there?”), then turn-over a card. Ask your child
to read the number on the card and to show the
same number of fingers. If necessary, check your
child’s answer by counting the elements on the
card and the number of fingers. Continue the
game, then switch roles.
• Reading numbers.
• Reciting numbers.
• Associating a number
with a quantity.
• Labelling each object
once.
• Representing numbers
in different ways.
Variation: Instead of asking your child to show
the number using his/her fingers, ask him/her to
use objects such as blocks or tokens.
Back to Shape!
Invite your child to play Back to Shape!. Show • Naming a few
your child three geometrical shape cut-outs and
geometrical shapes
lay them on the table. Ask him/her to name each
(e.g., le cercle, le carré,
shape and to trace its outline with his/her finger.
le triangle).
Turn your back to the table and to your child. Ask • Developing visual
him/her to secretly choose a shape and to place
memory.
it on your back. Ask him/her to trace the outline of • Matching geometrical
the shape on your back and to ask: “Quelle forme
shapes with their
est-ce que j’ai tracée sur ton dos?”(“Which shape
outlines.
did I trace on your back?”). Name the shape your
child traced. Continue the game alternating roles.
Variations: Choose other shapes; for example,
a star, a heart, a crescent moon. Instead of
shapes, trace numbers.
Bubbles
Everywhere!
Find a wand and soap for blowing bubbles. If • Reciting numbers.
necessary, make your own soap with your child. • Labelling each object
You will find recipes on the following website:
once.
http://bubbleblowers.com/homemade.html.
• Comparing sizes.
Ask your child to blow soap bubbles in the air and
to count them. Have fun with family members
or friends trying to make increasingly bigger
bubbles. Encourage them to notice the colors
and to compare sizes.
Resource Suggestions: A list of suggested resources follows the activities.
Senior Kindergarten
Suggested Literacy Activities (Ages 5-6)
Activity
Description
Skills Developed
My Song is
Missing One or
More Words
Choose a song that is well known by your child • Developing memory and
and purposely leave a word out while singing
auditory differentiation.
it. For example, if you choose the song “J’ai • Using the right sentence
perdu le do de ma clarinette” leave out the word
structure.
clarinette (clarinet). Ask your child to name the
missing word. Sing other songs leaving out more
and more words. Once your child is skilled at this
game, sing relay songs with him/her by starting a
song, then stopping it and letting him/her pick up
where you left.
Let’s chitchat!
Invite family members to chitchat or to discuss
a particular subject. Everyone gets a chance to
speak but at the sound of a bell, whomever is
speaking stops and lets the next person either
pursue the conversation or pick a new topic he/
she would like to discuss. To help a child who
is out of ideas, suggest he/she do one of the
following:
-
tell an anecdote;
-
describe a picture;
-
speak of his/her favorite book’s
cover page.
Voilà une
soupe pleine
de rimes!
Miam-miam!
To start, build your own picture library of things • Hearing rhymes.
that rhyme by visiting a few websites. For • Finding words that
example:
rhyme.
http://ecolealacampagne.blogspot.com/2009/12/ • Making rhymes.
jeux-de-rimes.htm.
• Relating personal
experiences.
• Telling a story using the
appropriate vocabulary.
• Using simple sentences
and complete
sentences.
• Developing imagination.
Choose sounds (e.g., [o], [i], [on] or [in]) and
select 2 to 4 pictures which elements rhyme
with these sounds. Print and cut out the chosen
pictures. Ask your child to make a soupe de rimes
(rhyme soup). First, gather together the pictures
that rhyme with one of the chosen sounds and
put them in a pot. Then, add the other pictures
that rhyme. When all the pictures are in the pot,
stir the soup while saying the following words
with your child: “Voilà une soupe pleine de rimes!
Miam-miam!”(“Here’s a soup full of rhymes!
Yum-yum!”).
Variation: Choose a sound and ask your child
to find objects that rhyme with that sound and
to place them in a large pot. When his/her hunt
for objects is over, ask your child to stir the soup
while saying : “Voilà une soupe qui rime avec
le son [_]! Miam-miam!” (“Here’s a soup that
rhymes with the sound_! Yum-yum!”).
Resource Suggestions: A list of suggested resources follows the activities.
Senior Kindergarten
Suggested Numeracy Activities (Ages 5-6)
Activity
Description
Skills Developed
Look at the
shapes!
Walk with your child around the house or • Naming geometrical
through the neighborhood and help him/her
shapes (e.g., le cercle, le
notice the different shapes you come across.
carré, le triangle and le
When you see a shape (e.g., a square on a
rectangle).
door), tell your child (e.g. “Regarde le carré sur • Developing visual
la porte.” (“Look at the square on the door!”)).
differentiation.
Pursue the hunt for shapes, then switch roles. • Reciting numbers.
• Labelling each object
Variation: Concentrate on one shape at a time;
once.
for example, count as many circles as you can find.
My Very Own
Counting Book!
Borrow a few counting books from your library
or print activity sheets found on the Internet.
Visit the following websites for suggestions:
www.librairieducentre.com/
Products.aspx?subject=chiffres;
www.ricochet-jeunes.org/themes/theme/236c h i ff r e - n o m b r e - l i v r e - a - c o m p t e r / p a g e / 4 .
Play detective with your child by asking questions
that will allow him/her to become familiar with this
type of book; for example: “Peux-tu trouver la page
qui montre 7 objets?” (“Can you find the page
with 7 objects?”); “Peux-tu me montrer autant de
doigts qu’il y a d’objets?” (“Can you show me as
many fingers as there are objects?”); “Combien
d’objets y aura-t-il sur la prochaine page?”
(“How many objects will there be on the next
page?”); “Y a-t-il plus ou moins d’objets?”(“Are
there more or less objects?”). Eventually
ask your chiId to make his/her own counting
book and to read it to other family members.
• Reciting numbers.
• Reading numbers.
• Associating a number
with a quantity.
• Labelling each object
once.
Variation: Illustrate a nursery rhyme that uses
numbers (e.g., “Dans le parc, je rencontre 1…,
2…”(“In the parc, there is 1…, 2…”) or “En
allant à l‘école, je vois 1…, 2...” (“On my way to
school, I see 1…, 2…”)). You can find examples
of nursery rhymes on the Internet: www.momes.
net/comptines/comptines-numeriques.html;
www.ecole-plus.com/comptines-ecole-plus.html.
A Treasure in
a Bag
When your child isn’t looking, place an object in an • Developing a precise
opaque bag. Close the bag with a tie or a ribbon.
vocabulary related to his/
Ask your child to touch the bag in order to guess
her environment.
what’s in it. Encourage your child to describe • Using terms associated
what he/she perceives while touching the bag.
with classification.
Ask questions to help your child express his/her • Encouraging scientific
thoughts; for example: “Est-ce dur ou mou? ”(“Is
curiosity.
it hard or soft?”); “Quelle forme a l’objet?”(“What
shape is the object?”); “Est-il gros ou petit?” (“Is it
big or small?”). If necessary, give out some hints;
for example: “C’est un jouet qui roule.” (“It’s a toy
that rolls.”); “C’est un fruit que tu aimes manger.”
(“It’s a fruit you enjoy eating.”).
Resource Suggestions: A list of suggested resources follows the activities.
Suggested resources
Junior Kindergarten (Ages 3-4)*
Literacy
ABC : tourne les roues, apprends l’alphabet, Éditions Héritage jeunesse, 2011.
Activity book.
Brille, la chenille, Éditions CFORP, 2002. Posters with nursery rhymes (small size).
Brille, la chenille, Éditions CFORP, 2002. Phonological awareness kit.
La bonne soupe à mon ami!, Carmen Campagne, Éditions Montagne secrète,
2010. DVD.
Chansons pour les tout-petits, coll. Génie JR, chansons pour apprendre, Éditions
Kidzup, 2008. Two CDs.
Les mots courants, coll. Les mots courants, Éditions CFORP, 2007. Book with CD.
Mon p’tit train de l’alphabet, Éditions Auzou, 2011. Miniature books in a cardboard
train.
Pour apprendre à bien lire, Marvin L. Simner, Éditions CFORP, 2002. Education.
Pour développer des habiletés en écriture – Pistes pour une communication
écrite significative à l’intention des élèves du jardin d’enfants, Marvin L. Simner,
Éditions CFORP, 2002. Education.
Premiers apprentissages, monde animal, Éditions Caractère, 2011. Deck of
56 flashcards.
Product #
321995
Numeracy
Allez les escargots!, coll. Mes premiers jeux de société, Éditions Ravensburger,
2009. Game.
La belle histoire des chiffres, Réjean Aubut, Éditions CFORP, 1996. Book with CD.
Les formes à la ferme, Charles Reasoner, Éditions Yoyo, 2011. Activity book with
magnetic shapes.
Premiers apprentissages, nombres, formes et couleurs, Éditions Caractère, 2011.
Deck of flashcards (Ages 3-5).
Tous en piste!, Géraldine Cosneau, Éditions Tourbillon, 2011. Activity book based
on observation and speed to identify shapes and colors.
Product #
324530
Literacy and Numeracy
Adiboud’chou à la mer (2-5 ans), coll. Adiboud’chou, Éditions Mindscape, 2011.
Software (CD-ROM).
Atout p’tit clic 3-5 ans : Édition 2010 – Lettres, nombres, logique, créativité, coll.
Atout p’tit clic, Éditions Avanquest, 2010. Software (CD-ROM for PC).
Cherche et trouve pour les tout-petits, Éditions Les Productions dans la vraie vie,
2011. Memory and observation game containing 4 game boards.
Product #
328906
Children’s Literature
Arthur et son ami imaginaire et autres récits, coll. Minimag, Éditions CFORP, 2010.
Giant book.
Bravo petit poisson!, Guido van Genechten, coll. Les petits Mijade, Éditions
Mijade, 2011. Foreign tale.
Je m’appelle Catherine!, Annika Dunklee, Éditions Scholastic, 2011. Canadian
tale.
La grenouille dans l’arbre, Gérard Moncomble, coll. Manon, Éditions Milan
jeunesse, 2011. Foreign tale.
La surprise de Léon et autres contes, coll. Minimag, Éditions CFORP, 2009.
Giant book.
Le loup qui voulait changer de couleur et Le loup qui cherchait une amoureuse,
Orianne Lallemand, coll. Mes p’tits albums, Éditions Auzou, 2011. Foreign tale.
Box set with 2 books and a stuffed toy.
Marin le pingouin, Klaartje van der Put, coll. Les bébêtes, Éditions Casterman,
2011. Finger puppet board book.
Mon premier abécédaire illustré, coll. Apprentissages spécifiques en lecture,
écriture et mathématiques, Éditions CFORP, 2007. Book.
Viens me border! Dean Hacohen et Sherry Scharschmidt, Éditions Gründ, 2011.
Flap book. Foreign tale with a repetitive structure.
Product #
298476
* The resources suggested in these lists are available at www.librairieducentre.com.
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Suggested resources
Senior Kindergarten (Ages 5-6)*
Literacy
ABC, Éditions Ravensburger, 2009. Phonological awareness game.
ABC : L’alphabet du bout des doigts, Benita de Man et Jo Brown, Éditions Lito,
2011. Spelling book in the form of an association game.
Domino : raconte-moi, Éditions Les Productions dans la vraie vie, 2011. Speech
communication game.
Hérisson : rimes simples, Alexandra Cantin et Thérèse Daignault, Éditions
Passe-temps, 2010. Deck of 48 cards.
Jeu de lettres en 54 cartes : école maternelle, Éditions Création Play Bac, 2011.
Phonological awareness game.
Minimag, vol. 4, nº 1, « Animaux comiques », Éditions CFORP. 2011. Magazine.
Mon premier imagier, Felicity Brooks, Éditions Héritage, 2011. Flap book.
Product #
267399
330637
Numeracy
3, 2, 1… Comptons les pommes, Joan Holub, Éditions Scholastic, 2011. Nursery
rhyme book.
4 routines, Éditions Les Productions dans la vraie vie, 2011. Poster.
Dix petits monstres : pour apprendre à compter en s’amusant, Claire Trévise,
Éditions Quatre fleuves, 2011. Book.
Adibou et les saisons magiques, coll. Adibou, Éditions Mindscape, 2011.
Software, ecology oriented (DVD-ROM) (Ages 4-8).
Cherche et trouve au pays féérique, Éditions Les Productions dans la vraie vie,
2011. Observation game containing 4 game boards.
Mon imagier des comptines à compter, Jean-Philippe Crespin, coll. Éveil
musical, Éditions Gallimard-Jeunesse, 2010. Book with CD.
Product #
329472
Literacy and Numeracy
Atout p’tit clic 4-6 ans : édition 2010 – Lettres, nombres, logique, créativité, coll.
Atout p’tit clic, Éditions Avanquest, 2010. Software (CD-ROM for PC).
Cajoline : cartes éclair 2, coll. Cajoline, Éditions Boomerang, 2011. Game with
flashcards.
Cartes éclair : les notions de base, coll. J’apprends… mine de rien!, Éditions
Boomerang, 2011. Jeu (4 paquets de 54 cartes éclair). Dominos with letters of
the alphabet and numbers.
Histoires pour jouer, Éditions Ravensburger, 2008. Game.
Programme éducatif, série 1, Éditions ADA Inc., 2011. Activity book for children
ages 3-5.
Product #
282139
Children’s Literature
Jack et le haricot magique, Laurent Richard, coll. Contes et comptines à toucher,
Éditions Milan jeunesse, 2011. Classic tale in a touch and feel version with flaps.
Juste pour lire. Recueil de textes, no 1 (3e-6e année), coll. Mon mag à moi,
Éditions CFORP, 2009.
Laine et mouton, Brigitte Marleau et Bruno St-Aubin, Éditions Les 400 coups,
2011. Canadian tale.
Le petit fantôme peureux, Elizabeth Baguley, Éditions Scholastic, 2011. Foreign
tale.
Les 7 pyjamas du chat, Catherine Foreman, Éditions Scholastic, 2011. Canadian
tale.
Le secret de Kiko et autres récits, coll. Minimag, Éditions CFORP, 2010. Giant
book.
La surprise de Léon et autres contes, coll. Minimag, Éditions CFORP, 2009.
Giant book.
Thomas le petit train : la grande découverte, Britt Allcroft, Éditions Phidal Inc.,
2011. Canadian tale (with 3D glasses).
Product #
319270
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Suggested resources
Websites
www.momes.net/ – First steps on the Internet. A variety of activities for children
and information for parents.
www.yoopa.ca/ – Reference portal for parents and various activities for children.
www.tfo.org/ – Selection of games, activities, tales, nursery rhymes and songs
for toddlers. Several online videos and website suggestions. Television
schedule.
www.toupty.com/ – Observation, memory, letter and number games, songs,
coloring activities.
www.tfou-3-6.fr/#/home/ – Selection of games, coloring activities, stories and
videos.
www.librairieducentre.com/Message.aspx?id=msg_parents – Resource
suggestions for parents.
www.cforp.ca/minimag/ – Suggested reading activities for parental use with the
Minimag magazine (PDF) for children ages 4-7 (French and English versions,
volumes 1, 2 and 3). To subscribe, see page 11.
www.philagora.org/contes/index.htm – Several children’s tales.
www.caramax.com/ – Musical games (sound memory games, identifying
instruments, etc.).
kids.biblioottawalibrary.ca/garden/index-fr.html – Rhyme and classification
games, books, etc.
www.teteamodeler.com/dossier/index.asp – Games, arts & crafts and coloring
activities for children. Reading articles for parents.
www.naitreetgrandir.net/fr/ – Several activities for children and reading articles
for parents.
www.comptines.net – Nursery rhymes, songs, audio-picture book, coloring
activities.
ressources.bayardjeunesse.ca/home – Many resources and activities for
children as well as parents.
www.uptoten.com/ – Bilingual website containing a variety of activities.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/parentGuideLit.pdf – Helping
Your Child with Reading and Writing – A guide for parents. Kindergarten to
Grade 6.
http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/literacynumeracy/parentGuideNum.pdf – Helping
Your Child Do Mathematics – A guide for parents. Kindergarten to Grade 6.
www.radio-canada.ca/jeunesse/petits/ – “Zone des petits”: several games, tales
and activities for children. Programs and television schedule.
www.jlsigrist.com/sitenombre/ – Varied activities for children.
http://www.eworkshop.on.ca/edu/core.cfm?L=1 – Learning modules designed to
help parents understand what their child is currently learning and the teaching
methods being used in the classroom.
prescolaire.cssh.qc.ca/IMG/pdf/12_capsules_d_information.pdf – Booklet Lire
pour grandir, lire pour le plaisir! – Suggested reading activities to do with your
child.
pagesperso-orange.fr/jeux.lulu/menuDet.htm – Variety of interesting games.
chezlorry.ca/Accueil.htm – Wide range of activities, games and stories.
www.hugolescargot.com/ – Arts & crafts and coloring activities, games, songs,
etc.
www.tortue-dodue.com/index.htm – Website containing a selection of games
and activities.
poni.ca/ – Section dedicated to children; section dedicated to parents and
educators.
toupieetbinou.com/ – Activities for children; section dedicated to parents and
educators.
www.uptoten.com/enfants/uptoten-home.html – Large selection of games.
toutpetits.telequebec.tv/ – Selection of games.
www.caillou.com/indexFR.shtml and http://pbskids.org/caillou_french/ –
Caillou websites containing games and writing activities.
www.magicmaman.com/,jeux-rimes-comptines,138.htm – Games, tales,
nursery rhymes and coloring activities.
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