Every Child Ready to Dallas Dallas Public Library Public Library Association Association for Library Service to Children Full Workshop

Goals for Today’s Workshop Overview of ECRR Six Pre-Reading Skills Activities and book selection for each skill Tips for parents and caregivers on engaging their children in literacy activities Presentation and outreach resources for early literacy advocates

Core Value of ECRR Parents/caregivers are the child’s first and best teacher. Play provides a wide range of benefits and opportunities for the young child. Reading is an essential life skill. Lifelong learning is a primary role of the public library and this learning begins at birth.

What Research Says In 2009, 83% of children from low- income families—and 85% of low- income students who attend high- poverty schools—failed to reach the “proficient” level in reading. SOURCE: Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters. 2009, KIDS COUNT Special Report of the Annie E. Casey Foundation

What Research Says Overall, a smaller percentage of children in poverty were read to, told stories, or sung to daily by a family member than children at or above poverty SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics (2009). The Condition of Education 2009 (NCES ),

What Research Says If current trends hold true, 6.6 million low-income children in the birth to age 8 group are at increased risk of failing to graduate from high school on time. Texas ranks 36 lowest in the nation on reading proficiency levels. SOURCE: Early Warning! Why Reading by the End of Third Grade Matters. 2009, KIDS COUNT Special Report of the Annie E. Casey Foundation

What Research Says Having parents teach specific literacy skills to their children was two times more effective than having parents listen to their children read and six times more effective than encouraging parents to read to their children. SOURCE: The Effect of Family Literacy Interventions On Children's Acquisition of Reading,

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

My Aunt Came Back My aunt came back From old Japan, And she brought with her A big hand fan. My aunt came back, From old Algiers, And she brought with her, A pair of shears. My aunt came back, From Holland too, And she brought with her A wooden shoe. My aunt came back, From Guadalupe, She brought with her, A hula hoop. My aunt came back, From Timbucktoo, And she brought with her. A fool like you!

Making Connections What do children do in a typical day?

Print Motivation Child’s interest in and enjoyment of books (language)

Vocabulary Knowing the names of things 

Activities & Crafts Emotion Cards (from PLAY, GROW, READwww.kdl.org ABC Game –Choose a category and have everyone choose a word that falls into that category but starts with the next letter of the alphabet.

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

Ask “What” Questions ●Ask “Open-ended” Questions Activity: Dialogic or Hear and Say Reading

Use general questions to encourage child to say more Simple what questions What do you see on this page? What’s happening here? What else do you see? Build upon the child’s phrases Have your child repeat Relate to child’s experiences

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

Activities & Crafts Sing songs to emphasize that language has a rhythm Read poems or books that rhyme, have alliteration and tongue twisters Say it Fast, Say it Slow

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

Knowledge of alphabet letters at entry into kindergarten is a strong predictor of reading ability in 10th grade.

Name Book Activity Child’s name on cover One letter on each page Draw or cut images out of a magazine that start with the same letters as the ones in your name.

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

Activities & Crafts Labeling/Environmental Print Activity –Use stickers or post-it notes to label the things around you –Where are everyday places you see print? Cereal/Food Box Books –From PLAY, GROW, READwww.kdl.org

Resources

How many words do we use? By Age Age 3 - 2,000 Age 5 - over 4,000 Average Spoken - 10,000 Average Dictionary - 100,000 OED - over 600,000 definitions Rich in Language

Predictable - Magic Hat, Mem Fox Wordless - Tuesday, David Wiesner Concept - A Was Once an Apple Pie, Edward Lear Poetry - Jack Prelutsky Information - Head to Toe, Eric Carle Books

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