The first one is the idea of "teacher talk", or simply using rich language to help your child expand upon the topics that are present in a book or a TV show they have just been exposed to. By responding to what your child says and adding in new vocabulary or suggesting new ideas, you are able to help the knowledge they have on the topic grow in a manageable and logical way. Tidbits of information that connect to what children already know are easier to categorize and remember than information that is happened upon without any background knowledge.
Another strategy that can make learning fun at home is providing interesting writing utensils to help children stay interested in writing activities. Instead of just using markers and pencils, think about letting children write with a wet sponge on a dirty chalkboard, or putting shaving cream on a table and letting them trace letters into it. Having new kinds of activities at home can rejuvenate a child's interest in writing-related activities and make it much more fun. This also allows them to practice their ABC's in a setting that has a lot less pressure than some preschool classrooms.
Finally, I have already made a post about a strategy that can be extremely successful for parents, and that is the idea of storybook reading. Read-alouds have many benefits for children that have been covered in my post here, but there are even more benefits past the basics that I discussed there. If children are able to read through books that are familiar to them, they can develop many early literacy skills. One of these is the fact that children who are familiar with a story are developing their storytelling abilities as they describe what is going to be happening on the next few pages. Finally, because they are familiar with the story and the pictures they can also follow along with the words in order to help develop their concepts of letters and phonics.
All of these strategies from the classroom are easy to implement at home in order to really spark your child's interest in early literacy and help fuel their learning as they move through preschool.
