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ChildrenChildren’’s Literacys LiteracyLearning all about Literacy in relation to the Preschool Child…
Definition: Definition: LiteracyLiteracy
All activities involved in speaking, listening, reading, writing.
Reading: Reading: Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words & Words & ExamplesExamples
Definition: Definition: Pretend ReadingPretend Reading
Children’s attempts to “read” a book before they have learned to read
Examples of Pretend Examples of Pretend Reading….Reading….
Claudia is pretending to read a story to Nicholas.
Pretending to read a book. She uses pictures as a way to tell the story.
It is Important for Children to Know How Books Work:
1.1. Show a book to the child and talk Show a book to the child and talk about what a book is about what a book is
2.2. Show how the book is read (front to Show how the book is read (front to back, left to right) back, left to right)
3.3. Point to the title of the book & and Point to the title of the book & and tell them it is used to tell you what tell them it is used to tell you what the book is aboutthe book is about
4.4. Explain to child that books are made Explain to child that books are made up of wordsup of words
Definition: Definition: Emergent ReadingEmergent Reading
View that literacy learning begins at birth and is encouraged through participation with adults in meaningful reading and writing activities
Examples of Examples of Emergent Reading….Emergent Reading….
Carson (4 ½ years old) is reading to Alek (4 years
old).
Carson is reading a book to the teacher
Definition: Definition: Letter KnowledgeLetter Knowledge
The ability to identify letters of the alphabet
Examples of Letter Examples of Letter Knowledge….Knowledge….
Galen and Aaron are completing an Alphabet Puzzle.
Celeste is making a name bracelet. She is looking for the
letters in her name.
Examples of Letter Examples of Letter Knowledge….Knowledge….
Mischa is writing her name with ABC sponges. On the floor the sponges are in Alphabetic order
Emily had to search through all of the ABC sponges to find the
letters in her name.
Definition: Definition: Alphabetic Alphabetic KnowledgeKnowledge
Knowing the names and shapes of the letters of the alphabet
Examples of Examples of Alphabetic Alphabetic
Knowledge….Knowledge….
The teacher is modeling for Abigail on how to write the letters in her name. She is copying
them down on her own wipe board.
Definition: Definition: Read AloudRead Aloud
When an adult reads a book that is too advanced for a child to read
Children can also read aloud….
Examples of Reading Examples of Reading Aloud….Aloud….
The teacher is reading the book “Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?” aloud, while the preschoolers put pictures on the
flannel board
Examples of Examples of Preschoolers Reading Preschoolers Reading
Aloud….Aloud….
The teacher is reading the book “Chicka Chicka, Boom Boom!”
aloud
I am reading a book Abigail made to all of the preschoolers at circle
time
Writing: Writing: Vocabulary Vocabulary
Words & Words & ExamplesExamples
Definition: Definition: Experimental Experimental WritingWriting
Efforts by young children to experiment with writing by creating pretend and real letters
Examples of Experimental Writing:
Hannah writing letters in her cornmeal
A card all of the preschool students were signing. Some could write out their name, others invented letters to write for their name.
Examples of Experimental Writing:
Carson is looking at a word cube to find words to write for his story.
Aaron is writing letters on a chalk board.
Definition: Definition: Invented SpellingInvented Spelling
Spelling that results when young children use what they know about letters and sounds to write
EXAMPLE “I can read” spelled as “I kn rd”
Examples of Invented Spelling:
Syrah is writing, “Happy Valentine’s Day” on her card.
Syrah’s finished card with the words “SAZVWEPR0BFQU”
What Preschool Children Like In Books …
• Books about children that look and live Books about children that look and live like themlike them
• Simple science books about things and Simple science books about things and how they work- like garbage trucks, how they work- like garbage trucks, flowers, or toolsflowers, or tools
• Books about things in which they have Books about things in which they have special interest in such as trains or special interest in such as trains or animalsanimals
• Books about making friends Books about making friends
Types of Types of BooksBooks
Definition: Definition: Alphabet BooksAlphabet Books
Used to aid children in learning the upper and lower case alphabet letters.
Definition: Definition:
Counting BooksCounting BooksEach page presents one number and shows a corresponding number of items
Definition: Definition: Concept BooksConcept Books
Teach particular concepts that children need to know in order to succeed in school (colors, opposites
Definition: Definition: Nursery RhymesNursery Rhymes
Contain rhymes and repeated verses.
Appeals to children because rhymes are easily remembered and recited.
Definition: Definition: Board BooksBoard Books
Made of heavy cardboard, has round corners, plastic surface, is small in size, and features few items per page
Definition: Definition: Manipulative BooksManipulative Books
Provides hand-eye practice.
Children are involved throughout the book, such as lifting flaps.
Definition: Definition: Traditional LiteratureTraditional Literature
Includes fairy tales, folktales, fables, myths, and legends from around the world and across the ages of time.
Definition: Definition: Wordless BooksWordless Books
Stories are presented with pictures and no text.
Provides children the opportunity to tell stories, through this they develop language skills
Definition: Definition: Stories of Everyday LifeStories of Everyday Life
Address the common concerns of young children, such as dealing with children’s bedtime worries.
Definition: Definition: Predictable BooksPredictable Books
Books that have repetitive patterns and make use of repeated phrases
Definition: Definition: Big BooksBig Books
Oversized books that allow for the sharing of print and illustrations with children
Good for group reading at large group/circle time
How Can We Support How Can We Support Literacy with Literacy with Preschoolers?Preschoolers?• Read, Talk, and Sing!!Read, Talk, and Sing!!
• Allow children to experience and interact with booksAllow children to experience and interact with books• Provide a Provide a ““Cozy or QuietCozy or Quiet”” space with easy access to space with easy access to
booksbooks• Provide a variety of books for children that relate to their Provide a variety of books for children that relate to their
interestsinterests• Provide books which can be enjoyed by different ages & Provide books which can be enjoyed by different ages &
levels of developmentlevels of development• Model your own love of booksModel your own love of books• Encourage and acknowledge any attempts at Literacy!Encourage and acknowledge any attempts at Literacy!