 Literacy In Children By: Jackie Lawlor, Alicia Palm, Daniel Oliva, and Josh Ott

Patterns  Technology  Dr. Seuss  Our parents read to us when we were young.

Technology in Literacy  LeapFrog products combine tactical, visual, and aural aspects of literacy in an intuitive and fun way  In the classroom, allows for individualized learning despite there being 25 students per teacher  Technology allows you to easily monitor progress  New product with a stylus teaches the child how to write  Results:  Learn to read and write quicker and easier  Easier on the parents and teachers  Affordable  Introduces children to technology at a young age  How does technology with LeapFrog compare to DeVoss’ article about technology affecting literacy years ago?

Dr. Seuss At some point every teenager in this generation read Dr. Seuss as a young child. Whether it was in school or at home with your parents Dr. Seuss was in your life. Dr. Seuss helped us to develop in many ways. His books were simple enough for. The books taught us how to read by either following along with our mom in a bed time story or just picking the book up and self teaching ourselves. The books did more than teach us how to read, they allowed us to imagine and think of unique and out of the box ideas such as green eggs and ham or a cat in a hat. The books allowed us to depict the story in our own imagination. Since the books were so entertaining it made kids want to read. Dr. Seuss provides a fun way to learn and every kid should learn this way.

Benefits of Parents Reading to Their Children  Researchers found that children from both English-speaking and Spanish-speaking families had better language comprehension and cognitive development if their mothers began reading to them at an early age.  Many studies have demonstrated the benefits of parents reading to preschoolers in terms of improved language development.

Facts About Children’s Literacy  Children who are read to at home have a higher success rate in school.  Children who read frequently develop stronger reading skills.

Facts Cont. According to the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a divison of the U.S. Department of Education1, children who are read to at home enjoy a substantial advantage over children who are not:  Twenty-six percent of children who were read to three or four times in the last week by a family member recognized all letters of the alphabet. This is compared to 14 percent of children who were read to less frequently.  The NCES1 also reported that children who were read to frequently are also more likely to:  count to 20, or higher than those who were not (60% vs. 44%)  write their own names (54% vs. 40%)  read or pretend to read (77% vs. 57%)