Early Literacy Tips
Supporting Early Childhood Programs, Issue 6
Literacy Resources for Home Visits
Parents bringing up their baby to read
On the laps of their parents
Children are born readers and with the support of their families they begin to learn the foundation of reading in infancy through preschool years.
Use milestones for goal setting
Use these milestones in listening, talking, reading and writing during home visits to set academic goals for children.
Letters and Sounds
Names are the most important words for children, so it makes sense to begin literacy learning with the child’s name. Acknowledge the “child’s letter”—the first letter of his or her name—by pointing it out whenever and wherever you see it. Then do some letter scrambles using blocks, magnetic letters or letters on index cards. Mix up the letters of the child’s name and work together to put them back in the proper order.
Talking is teaching
Child development experts have long advised parents to talk to their babies, even if their infants can’t talk back. The more a parent talks to his child, the more words they are likely to learn. Now comes new work suggesting that even non-verbal cues such as pointing to objects can encourage vocabulary building regardless of socioeconomic status. It’s not just the quantity of words spoken, then, that’s important but the quality of the learning environment that may make the greatest difference.
Read, Read, Read!
Read with your child every day, many times a day. Read books, signs, posters—anything with words. Read in the morning, in the afternoon, and at night. Read at the park, in the living room, at the pool. Read print everywhere you can find it! Read off your phone. Make sharing a book or print with your child fun and interactive. Have a conversation with your infant, toddler, or preschooler. When parents discuss books with children it creates readers.
Infant Strategies and Choosing Books
Toddler Strategies and Choosing Books
Preschool Strategies and Choosing Books
Teachers please promote children's language development from 0-5
Next Steps in Phonological Awareness PD Resources
More on Flint Kids Read
This summer in Flint ...
- Pete the Cat is the first book character to begin making apperaces around the city
- July 11th, Make it, Take it Funshop for preschool teachers- Free resources
- August 8th, Make it, Take it Funshop for preschool teachers- Free resources
Books for children 0-5
DOLLY PARTON'S IMAGINATION LIBRARY
- Sign up children in zip codes 48501-07 and 48532 email at imagination@fpl.info
Best Literacy Practices for Pre-K Classrooms
If you want to learn more about the ten essential literacy practices click here.
Michelle McQueen
GISD Literacy Coordinator 0-5
Email: mmcqueen@geneseeisd.org
Website: http://www.geneseeisd.org/
Location: Genesee Intermediate Sch District, 3375 Van Campen Road, Flint, MI, United States
Phone: (810) 922-1707