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- What is Early Literacy?
- Booklists for Preschoolers
- What's New in Children's Picture Books?
- What Children Like in Books
Help get children ready to read:
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Love of Books - Print Motivation
Being interested in and enjoying books.
Tip: Model the fun of reading and playing with language. -
Use Books - Print Awareness
Noticing print is being read and not the pictures, knowing how to handle a book, how to follow the written word on a page and recognizing print has meaning.
Tip: Run your finger under the title and any repeated phrases and allow children to help you say any repetitive phrase. -
Learn New Words – Vocabulary
Knowing the names of things and understanding feelings and concepts.
Tip: Read books because they contain words children may not hear in everyday conversations. -
Tell a Story - Narrative Skills
Being able to describe things and events and tell stories.
Tip: Reread a book and at certain points, let children tell you what happens next. -
See and Know Letters - Letter Knowledge
Knowing letters are different from each other, knowing their names and sounds and recognizing them everywhere.
Tip: Read alphabet books with clear letters and pictures and sing alphabet songs. -
Hear and Make Sounds - Phonological Awareness
Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds that make up words.
Tip: Read books with rhyming words and sing songs.
More Early Literacy Information
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What you can do for:
- Pre-Talkers: Birth to Two Year-Olds
- Talkers: Two to Three Year-Olds
- Pre-Readers: Four to Five Year-Olds
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ELSIE : Early Literacy Storytime Ideas Exchange
Find books to help children develop early literacy skills.ELSIE is regularly updated by librarians at Hennepin County Library, MN.
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