1 meghan engaged in literacy at 18 months of age

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Meghan Engaged in Literacy at 18 months of age

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Beliefs About Emerging Beliefs About Emerging LiteracyLiteracy

All children benefit and have the right to participate in reading, writing, speaking,

and listening experiences.



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Beliefs About Emerging Beliefs About Emerging Literacy Literacy Cont…Cont…

• Begins at home• Includes reading, writing, speaking, and listening

skills• Is interrelated• Is a gradual process• Is developed through relevant experiences and

within appropriate environments• Needs to be modeled at home and school



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Emerging Literacy Begins Emerging Literacy Begins at Homeat Home

• Literacy is more than books• Put books in children’s hands early on• Everything is purposeful• Provide a print rich environment• Demonstrate how printed words relate to daily life• Value books within the home and classroom



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Meghan reading a book at bedtime

Meghan turning the music book pages for a friend

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Home Literacy ActivitiesHome Literacy Activities

A child’s daily life is full of literacy activities and events, for example: • Bedtime stories• Calendar of activities• TV guide• Cards• Menus• Storytelling• Highlight print at home

(cartons, labels, newspapers, magazines, etc.)

• Grocery lists• Singing songs in the car • Exploring books on own • Reading traffic signals,

billboards, etc.• Books on tape• Cultural readings• Cooking activities• Ask open ended questions



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Quilt Information Woven by Members Quilt Information Woven by Members of Meghan’s Preschool Teamof Meghan’s Preschool Team

































OccupationalTherap ist

SpecialEducat ionTeacher

Developmental

Pediatr ician

Private &SchoolSpeech

Therapist

I nstruct ional

Assistants(2 rota tewith in theprogram)

ChildcareTeam

OrthopedicSurgeon

Augment at iveCommun ication

Specialist

Orthot icsTeam

Neurologist WheelchairTeam

MusicTherap ist

PhysicalTherap ist Optometrist

HorsebackRiding

In stru ctorDenta lTeam

SchoolPr incipal

PreschoolTeacher

SwimTeacherMaterials for this presentation from the

CONNECTIONS Project: Learning Communities for All Children, California Institute on Human Services, SSU

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“Let us put our

heads together

And

See what life we will make

for our children.”

Tatanka Iotanks

(Sitting Bull, Lakota)

1 meghan engaged in literacy at 18 months of age

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home literacy activities

friend slide

ssu slide

classroom slide

school slide

emerging literacy cont

home cartons

months of age slide