Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community: Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning

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Contents Preface

Introduction

• Purpose
• Outcomes
• Audience
• Performance Standards
• Organization

Definition of Icons

At A Glance

Module 1: Emerging Literacy: Supporting a Natural Process
Outcomes  Key Concepts  Background Information  Activity 1-1: The Purpose of Language  Activity 1-2: Emerging Literacy: Step by Step by Step  Activity 1-3: The Comforts of Home  Activity 1-4: Capturing the Memories  Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice	Handout 1: How and Why Children Use Language Skills  Handout 2: Emerging Literacy--An Ongoing Process  Handout 3: Observation Summary  Handout 4: Magical Memories  Handout 5: Encouraging Children's Language Development  Handout 6: Creating a Language Album

 

Module 2: From Cooing to Talking: Partners in Conversation
Outcomes  Key Concepts  Background Information  Activity 2-1: I'm Listening to You  Activity 2-2: Talking and Listening Together  Activity 2-3: Teaching Children to Play the Conversation Game Activity 2-4: Won't You Be My Conversation Partner?  Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice	Handout 7: Talking, Playing, Teaching, and Learning  Handout 8: Encouraging Children's Communication  Handout 9: Teaching Roles (for trainer only)  Handout 10: Observing Language Skills  Handout 11: Overcoming Challenges to Conversations  Handout 12: Practicing the Conversation Game

 

Module 3: The Magic World of Reading: Opening Doors for Children
Outcomes  Key Concepts  Background Information  Activity 3-1: What Makes a Good Book Good?  Activity 3-2: Taking Stock: Choosing the Right Books  Activity 3-3: Will You Read to Me?  Activity 3-4: Would You Like to Hear a Story?  Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice	Handout 13: What Makes a Good Book Good?  Handout 14: Book Inventory  Handout 15: Checklist for Reading Aloud to Preschoolers  Handout 16: Portrait of an Emergent Reader  Handout 17: Responding to an Emergent Reader  Handout 18: Open-Ended Questions for Reading Aloud

 

Module 4: Setting the Stage for Literacy Explorations
Outcomes  Key Concepts  Background Information  Activity 4-1: Creating a Literacy-Rich Environment  Activity 4-2: We Want to Read and Write  Activity 4-3: Making Our Mark  Activity 4-4: Language All around Us  Next Steps: Ideas to Extend Practice	Handout 19: Creating a Literacy Environment  Handout 20: Setting Up a Library Area  Handout 21: Setting Up a Writing Area  Handout 22: Encouraging Literacy in All Interest Areas  Handout 23: Using Print in the Environment  Handout 24: Helping Your Child Become a Reader  Handout 25: Planning Literacy Experiences  Handout 26: Children Learn about Writing  Handout 27: Emerging Literacy Planning Web

Continuing Professional Development

Resources

 Appendices

• Appendix A: Responding to Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Children and Families
• Appendix B: Strategies for Supporting Children with Speech or Language Delays or Disorders
• Appendix C: Emerging Literacy: From Cooing to Conventional Reading and Writing
• Appendix D: Playing the Conversation Game
• Appendix E: Books for Young Children
• Appendix F: Choosing Books with Diverse Characters and Themes for Young Children
• Appendix G: Getting to Know Children's Literature
• Appendix H: Reading with Babies and Toddlers
• Appendix I: Learning about Writing

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