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Writing Lyrics | Learning to Read | NPT3

NPT’s LEARNING TO READ series focuses on family literacy, providing parents and children with skills that can help improve literacy levels in children. Through the experiences of diverse families, the series takes viewers on a journey through wide-ranging aspects of literacy and includes ways to access free books in a community, how to build literacy through everyday activities and more.

Writing Lyrics | Learning to Read | NPT3

Season 2021 Episode 6 | 1m 5s | CC

Music can be a great way to engage your child in reading and writing. Try writing lyrics with them and see what happens. Writing down and revising lyrics is an exercise that can help with rhyming, alliteration and making edits in real time.

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