Language & Literacy for Preschoolers
In this Teacher Time webisode, hear from preschool teachers and family child care providers about how they support language and literacy development.
In this Teacher Time webisode, hear from preschool teachers and family child care providers about how they support language and literacy development.
In this Teacher Time webisode, hear from infant and toddler teachers about how they support children's language and literacy development.
Learn about emergent writing and the writing process. Discover ways to support children's emergent writing skills.
Learn ways to scaffold Alphabet Knowledge and Early Writing, key elements of early language and literacy. Find research about alphabet knowledge and early writing and how children birth to 5 develop these skills.
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.
Listen as Catherine Snow talks about how the ELOF relates to the language and literacy domain.
Review a framework for teachers to evaluate and understand the writing that young children produce.
Conversations help children develop varied vocabularies. Find out how to use everyday talks with children to help them learn more vocabulary words.
Discover ideas and activities for introducing new or novel words into everyday conversations with children. Learn how to engage them in rich conversations.
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.