Early Literacy and School Readiness
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Early Literacy Early Literacy and and
School ReadinessSchool Readiness
By Tina Sherlock
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We once believed learning how to
read was a natural process like
learning how to walk.
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We now know that learning to read is a social process that begins right from birth.
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Young children will not simply “figure out” literacy if left to their own devices.
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Adults play a critical role by providingrich literacy experiences and by interacting with them in those experiences.
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“The single most important activity for building understandings and skills essential to reading success appears to be reading aloud to children.” NAEYC
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The foundations
of literacy are learnedin the
families.
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What are some things we can do as parents?
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1. Find time to read with your 1. Find time to read with your child.child.
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• make sure you are both in a good mood
• create a cozy space for reading
• read often- not just at bedtime!
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The warm and safe feeling that children get from sharing books with adults at an early age will likely follow them throughout their lives.
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2. 2. Children who enjoy books will want to learn how to read.
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2. Talk with your child2. Talk with your child
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Have regular conversations, talk about your feelings and your child’s feelings and ask exploratory questions.
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Oral language is the
foundation of reading!
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3. Provide opportunities for 3. Provide opportunities for storytellingstorytelling
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• Act out stories with stuffed animals, dolls or puppets
• Tell family stories
• Encourage your child to re-tell favorite stories
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Playing with stories and storytelling helps children understand the structure of stories.
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4. Help foster an awareness of 4. Help foster an awareness of printprint
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• point out signs/ print in the environment
• allow your child to help with:• grocery lists• labels on coat racks, toy boxes• recipes while cooking
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An awareness of print helps children feel comfortable with books and understand that print is useful.
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5. Encourage letter and word 5. Encourage letter and word recognitionrecognition
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• point to the words with your fingers while you read with your child
• encourage your child to recognize his/her name
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Understanding that print follows certain conventions
helps with school readiness
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6. Rhyme and sing with your 6. Rhyme and sing with your child oftenchild often
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• rhymes draw attention to language and sounds
• songs break language down beautifully in a way that engages children
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Children learn best by doing things, and they love singing and
rhyming with you!
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(no matter what you sound like)
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The ability to distinguish the different sounds that make up words is a strong predictor of how well children will learn to read.
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Does this sound like a lot of work?
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Take comfort that these are things that we already do
naturally as parents.
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Want to see
some of this in action?
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Participate in your library’s storytime!
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During storytime, librarians model interactive storytelling…
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… favorite stories and rhymes are repeated weekly…
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… puppets and props are used to make stories and language fun…
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… and all this is done in arich environment that fosters
early literacy.
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Remember…
the earlier a child is exposed to language and literacy activities…
the greater the child’s chances for future literacy and academic success.
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What are you waiting for?
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Works ConsultedWorks Consulted
Balancing Act Productions. “Blackbird Acoustic Test.” Retrieved via Creative Commons. http://search.creativecommons.org/
“Every Child Ready to Read @ Your Library.” American Library Association. http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/ECRR/ECRRHomePage.htm
“First Five Years.” Brooklyn Public Library. http://www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org/first5years/
“How Parents Foster Early Learning.” Lessons in Learning February 1, 2006. http://www.ccl-cca.ca/CCL/Reports/LessonsInLearning/LiL-1Feb2006.htm
Teale, William H. “Libraries Promote Early Literacy Learning: Ideas from Current Research and Early Childhood Programs.” Journal of Youth Services in Libraries 12: no 3, 1999.
Taylor McBride, Allison. Various Lectures for LIBR529: Services for Families and Early Literacy in the Preschool Years. September-October, 2007.