Storybooks and language experiences help children who are just beginning to read because the more a child is read to the more language they will pick up. The same goes for how much you talk to your child. There are parents who talk to and sing to their children when they are still in their mother's womb. Some may say this practice is strange because the baby can't hear you; but in fact the baby does. Play some loud music beside a pregnant woman's stomach and watch the baby flip around and move. There are many studies about children who were found in the wild. These children had no interactions with other humans and therefore had no idea how to formulate words.
In the words of Dr. Seuss: "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you'll go."
My artifact is a game that you can literally "build" on!!
Take white labels and put sight words on them. You can add pictures with words for very young readers or make longer vocabulary words for readers in higher grades. I love this idea because they can play with lego blocks as they "build" their vocabulary!
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