Every Child Ready to your library® Public Library Association Association for Library Service to Children Early Talkers

Peek-a-Boo Peekaboo! (Cover your face with hands) I see you! (Open hands to uncover face) I see your button nose. (Point to your nose or child’s nose) I see your tiny toes. (Point to child’s feet) I see you! Peekaboo! (cover and uncover face with hands)

Help children enjoy language, books and reading Six early literacy skills Art activities to reinforce skills Today’s Workshop

Effects of Starting Early

YOU Are Important YOU,,parents and caregivers know your children best Children learn by doing. Children model parents’ behavior First five years set the stage

What do they do? What do you do with them? Babies and Toddlers (up to 24 months)

Literacy in Our Daily Routine

WHAT IS EARLY LITERACY?

Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write.

Six Skills To Get Ready to Read Print Motivation Phonological Awareness Vocabulary Narrative Skills Print Awareness Letter Knowledge

Print Motivation Child’s interest in and enjoyment of books

Art Connection Bookmaking Draw a picture of a character from the story Make something you saw in the story Draw a picture of your favorite part of the story Make your own rebus story Create story puppets

Phonological Awareness The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words

Eensy Weensy Spider The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain So the eensy weensy spider climbed up the spout again.

Art Connection Sing songs with your child Make egg shakers Listen to music especially songs with words Share poems with your child (especially rhyming poems)

Language Has Rhythm Itsy, Bitsy Spider Nursery Rhymes Children’s songs

Vocabulary Knowing the names of things 

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ALA granted permission from Janellen Huttenlocher.

Art Connection Peek a boo Name Book Changing Face Puppet Coffee Can theater Emotion Cards Use paintings and photos to help child identify objects

Narrative Skills The ability to describe things and events, and to tell stories

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Art Connection Tell the story of a piece of art (painting, sculpture, photograph, musical number) – What, who where, why – follow-up – write story that child tells (print awareness) Storytelling Change the ending/sequencing Act out the story Puppets

Print Awareness Noticing print everywhere Knowing how to handle a book Knowing how we follow the words on a page

Labeling/ Environmental Print Activity Labeling/ Environmental Print Activity

Art Connection Drawing Painting with Colored Yolk Make your own mailbox and send letters to yourself and friends Make and decorate signs

Knowing that letters are different from each other, that they have different names and relate to sounds Letter Knowledge

Art Connection Clay Name books Real life examples

Name Book Activity Child’s name on cover One letter on each page Draw, cut images

Making Connections What the child does Relate to early literacy skills

Five Steps for Sharing Books With Your Baby Pick the best time Show baby the book Talk and have fun Watch what baby does Share a book with your baby every day

What books are good for this age? How do I know what to choose?

Brain Development Babies are born learning and what they learn is up to us

Synaptic Density Permission to use for PLA/ALSC Early Literacy Project granted by Dr. Harry Chugani

Infants Focusing Patterns

Questions

Every Child Ready to your library We learn as we have fun. We have fun as we learn. Pass it on!