DIEEC’s Early Language and Literacy professional learning experience helps early childhood educators build skills to foster strong language and literacy development in children from birth to age five.
Through a combination of learning opportunities and coaching, participants deepen their understanding of effective teaching practices, strengthen their interactions with children, and gain strategies to support early communication and literacy growth. The experience is designed to enhance both individual practice and overall program quality by focusing on meaningful, responsive, and developmentally appropriate approaches.
Resources:
Alphabet Knowledge and Early Understanding
Something to watch:
Something to read:
Something to do/try:
- Making letters out of play-dough
- Refresh or set up a writing center
Other:
- Making letters out of play-dough
- Refresh or set up a writing center
Background Knowledge
Something to watch:
Something to read:
Something to do/try:
- Read a book about a garden and plant flowers or seeds.
- Talk about different kinds of flowers and plants and what plants need to grow-soil, sunlight, water.
Other:
Book Knowledge and Print Concepts
Something to watch:
- Teaching Phonological Awareness, Alphabet Knowledge, & Concepts of Print in Preschool Large Group
- Responsive Interactions: Story Time with Infant
- Responsive Interactions: Story Time with Young Toddlers
Something to read:
Something to do/try:
- Choose a book about a farm and talk about the title, author and illustrator.
- Ask for predictions of what the book may be about using the just the pictures on the cover.
- Ask two higher order questions as you read.
- Have each child draw a picture of their favorite farm animal after the read aloud.
- The teacher should write the name of the animal under the picture Put all of the drawings into a class book.
Other:
Oral Language and Vocabulary
Something to watch:
- Utilizing Interactive Read-Alouds to Support Oral Language Development
- POL OT TRANPLA
- Assistive Technology
Something to read:
Something to do/try:
- Choose three vocabulary words for a read aloud and teach them with child friendly definitions.
- Use the words as you complete an extension activity after the read aloud.
Other:
Phonemic/Phonological Awareness
Something to watch:
Something to read:
Something to do/try:
- What is the beginning sound?
- -Blending sounds /c/ /a/ /t/ cat
- -Segmenting words, Dog /d/ /o/ /g/
Other:
Related PLES:
Early Literacy: Sing, Say and Play! Developing Sound Skills PLUS
Early Literacy: Letter Magic! Building Alphabet Knowledge PLUS
Early Literacy: Boosting Background Knowledge PLUS
Early Literacy: Let’s Read! Developing Book Skills PLUS
Early Literacy: Talk Time! Building Vocabulary and Language PLUS