Read It Again! Benefits of Reading to Young Children
When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.
Resources here address the acquisition of reading and writing skills. Some of the resources here may focus on emergent literacy, which refers to the knowledge and skills that lay the foundation for reading and writing.
Literacy is a preschooler subdomain of the language and literacy central domain in the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). Other ELOF domains include approaches to learning; social and emotional development; cognition; and perceptual, motor, and physical development.
When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.
Explore resources related to alphabet knowledge and early writing skills in young children, as well as support strategies for parents and families. See how the skills develop through the eyes of kindergartener Joan.
Screening and assessment allow staff to understand each child’s strengths and needs. To plan learning experiences that support Big 5 skills development, staff need to use data from screening and assessment results.
Watch this webinar series to learn ways to partner with parents and families to help their children develop language and literacy skills.
Caregivers and teachers, even when they do not know the home language of children, can use a number of effective strategies throughout the day to support the children’s English language development.