Here’s a new savings plan fur your children: the children enjoy a new word every day, then save it in a personal word bank. Day after day they draw on these savings fur reading fun and reinforcement.
Let each child decorate a file box with colorful pictures or stickers. Inside it go the pack of dividers (in alphabetical order), and behind them enough file cards to fill the box.
Each morning take a card from the back of the box and-ask for a new word your child would like you to write. Any word is okay. If Grandma is planning to visit that day, the grandchild may want you to write Grandma. If the dog has jumped on the sofa, the desired word might be couch, sofa, down, or even naughty. Write in large upper- and lower-case letters while your child watches and repeats the word.
Hand your child the new card to do with as he or she pleases for a while. Your child may want to draw a picture on it, post it in a toy post box, read it to a friend or baby sister, stick it up on a noticeboard, or tape it to the fridge. When your child has finished with the word, help file it in the word bank behind the appropriate letter divider.
Each morning (or whatever tune you wish) your child can take out the old word cards, read or repeat the words, redeposit the -cards, and receive a new word. When a child has saved for a while, rather than remove all the words for a review each day, he or she can draw one word from each letter of the alphabet or draw all the words filed under one letter.