Lapsit, a parent/child participation program, helps your child develop essential early literacy skills. It provides one-on-one interaction between parent/caregiver and child as we read simple stories, share fingerplays and movement, and sing songs and nursery rhymes together. It is an introduction to books, focusing on the reading portion of language development. Children learn how to open a book, move their eyes from left to right, turn pages, learn the sound of letters, the way a book is read, the sharing of stories. It moves them towards reading readiness. They’ve learned how to handle books and they’ve heard so many words and built their vocabulary so that they are becoming ready to read on their own. They also have the chance to be in a group setting, and so lapsit aims at social development. They develop attention span, patience, and practice interacting including sharing. If interested in Lapsit please call Sheila at 655-7654.
