Try stapling the section of the newspaper that you are using along the fold so that it opens like a big book. This will prevent the pages from falling out and make it much easier for little hands to handle. Before your child can learn to read, he or she will need to recognize letters. The newspaper is a great place to practice this skill because it can be marked up and thrown away when it becomes too messy to use again. Also, the newspaper presents letters in many different forms.
Children have to understand that the letters a , A, and a are all the same letter.
The newspaper provides a terrific tool for practicing visual discrimination. Find pictures of things that begin with the same sound and encourage your child to cut them out and make a collage. Find pictures of things that begin with the same sound and encourage your child to cut them out and make a collage. You can do the same activity but using the sounds at the end of words instead of at the beginning. Even if your child has not yet learned to form letters, this activity will help in developing the tracing skill, an important one when it comes to learning handwriting.