Early Childhood Development Agency

Conference 2014

More Than WordsSupporting Children’s Writing Development

in their Preschool Years

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Identify the strategies used to complete the writing task.

What worked well? What did not?

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Dr.. Judy Abbott (1996)

Children’s unique interests, ways of knowing, and dispositions influence how and to what extend they participate in early literacy events, and in turn, the

knowledge they construct

– Gretchen Owocki, author and educator

Children’s ability to talk, listen, read, and write will have a life long effect on their ability to learn.

In turn, parents have a profound influence on the development of these skills during the preschool years

and beyond.

– Donald Graves and Virginia Stuart, Write from the Start.

Children’s ability to talk, listen, read, and write will have a life long effect on their ability to learn.

In turn, parents have a profound influence on the development of these skills during the preschool years

and beyond.

– Donald Graves and Virginia Stuart, Write from the Start.

You are your child’s best teachers.

Be empowered!

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