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 21: Setting Up a Writing Area*
Location:
- In a location visible upon entering the room
- In an area defined on three sides by low shelves and walls
- Near the library area
- In a space large enough for at least four children to use at one time
- Away from distractions
- In a spot with good lighting
- Carpet or area rug
- Low, open shelves
- Child-sized table and chairs
- Desk and chair (for an office)
- Personal writing area (provide a cardboard appliance carton or place a screen in front of a desk and chair)
- Chalk (white and colored)
- Markers (washable, nontoxic, thick and thin tips)
- Crayons
- Pencils (thick and thin lead, regular and colored)
- Chalkboards (wall and lap) and cardboard
- Magic slates
- Ready-made blank books
- Paper (lined and unlined; graph; different sizes, colors, weights, textures; stationery)
- Notepads and notebooks
- Index cards (lined and unlined, different sizes)
*Based in part on Rebecca Isbell, The Complete Learning Center Book, (Beltsville, Md.: Gryphon House, 1995), 90–96. Handouts
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