Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning
Module 4
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Setting the Stage for Literacy Explorations
Handout 19: Creating a Literacy Environment
Instructions: Each small group will use the appropriate handout distributed by the trainer and the combined knowledge and experience of group members to create one element of a literacy environment: library area, writing area, interest areas, environmental print, and homes. You will have 45 minutes to complete the following steps:
Step 1. Discuss what you want children to learn when they experience this element of literacy environment. What do you expect them to do? What literacy behaviors will they practice?
Step 2. Use the answers to the questions in Step 1 to guide your discussion of how to create the element of a literacy environment that your group is focusing on.
Step 3. Use the materials provided by the trainer to draw the element of a literacy environment. You can assume that sufficient financial and staff resources are available. Label everything clearly so the other participants can identify the features. Remember to include the people (teachers, home visitors, FCC providers, and/or family members) who are important parts of the literacy environment.
Step 4. Display your drawing on the wall. Select a member of your group to present your creation to the full group. Help this individual prepare to describe the features and how they will support children's literacy learning.
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