5 Ways to Make Literacy Fun (and Save Your Sanity) While Homeschooling

Parents are you homeschooling since being in quarantine? If so, are you overwhelmed? Imagine that you don’t have a degree in elementary education, and you’ve never been faced with being with your kids during weekdays outside of holiday or summer break. It can be challenging. How do you continue your child’s education at home while not losing your mind? Reading for enjoyment, whether print or digitally — is totally the thing to do!

Here are 5 ways to make literacy fun:

1. Virtual author read alouds. We are Teachers gathered a fantastic list of authors doing virtual read alouds of their books. Award winning children’s author Kwame Alexander will read his book The Crossover on Monday, March 30th at 10:30 am EST.
2. Create sacred space for reading. It’s not just a chair or a corner, it’s an intentional space. Sacred reading space should be clear of clutter. Maybe it’s a comfy sofa with pillows for you and your child to lounge while reading. Maybe it’s a big chair with a colorful blanket and soft overhead light.
3. Audiobooks. Audible has tons of free books for kids from elementary to tween readers.
4. D.E.A.R. family edition. When I was a K-12 school teacher, schools often promoted D.E.A.R. also known as Drop Everything and Read. There was…