Literacy begins at home with families, and continues as ...



Literacy begins at home with families, and continues as team work in the academic setting.Your collaboration and support is greatly appreciated for your child’s success!Thank you for your investment in your child’s future.Additional resources and information can be found in Beverly Otto’s book: Literacy Development in Early Childhood. Reflective Teaching for Birth to Age Eight. Waveland Press. 2008For further questions or comments on how we can collaborate to best support your child, contact me atC.fleming@Early Childhood LiteracyMiss Christie FlemingKindergarten Teacher at St. Joseph SchoolWhat Is Early Childhood Literacy And How Can You Help Your Child To Most Successfully Develop From An Early Age?What is Literacy?Literacy is the ability to read, write and explore the world through communication of words and symbols.Literacy is essential for children to begin developing early so they can learn and understand the world they live in.There are many ways to develop a child’s literacy early in life. Here are 5 ways parents can help their child to learn at home.Having Informal Conversations With Your Child: Talking regularly to your child in a friendly unstructured interaction helps them to build vocabulary, learn listening skills and skills of taking turns in conversation. It also helps to develop grammar from modeling it properly.Using Rhymes, Finger Plays, and Actions SongsThese fun ways of play develop phonological awareness of sounds, comprehension, memorizing skills, understanding concepts and sequencing events. Reading Storybooks TogetherRegularly reading books with children helps to develop phonological awareness of sounds, builds vocabulary, helps children understand story elements, builds memory and supports oral and written connections.Storytelling:Informal storytelling by a child and parent develops your child’s vocabulary in speech, understanding of story elements and development, complexity of syntax and story comprehension. All these help in reading and writing.Art/Writing Activities:These creative activities develop fine motor skills and muscle coordination in children, teach self-reliance and independence, set the foundation for later writing ability, provide visual familiarity and exploring the world around them. Have fun! ................
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