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 25: Planning Literacy Experiences
Instructions: You will have 30 minutes to complete this assignment. Discuss the situation assigned to your group and what Head Start staff can do to encourage children's emerging literacy. Use the second page of this handout to develop a plan. Choose one group member to present your plan to the full group.
1. The Picnic
The staff, children, and families of a Head Start home-based program held a picnic last weekend at a local park. They played games, went on a nature walk, and sang songs before eating barbecued chicken and all the trimmings. The celebration ended with families telling their favorite stories to the children. How can Head Start staff encourage children's emerging literacy as they follow up on this experience?
2. The New Playground
A Migrant Head Start center just completed a new playground that is now accessible to children with disabilities. For the first time, each classroom has direct access to the outdoors. The toddlers are very excited because some of the new equipment is sized just for them. How can Head Start staff encourage toddlers' emerging literacy in the new playground?
3. The Building Renovation
Across the street from a Head Start FCC home, an old school is being renovated to create a new community center. Each day the children watch from the window as trucks deliver materials, backhoes dig up the blacktop, and workers come and go. How can the FCC provider encourage the children's emerging literacy as they respond to this interest in the renovation project?
4. The Grocery Store Tour
Recently, a Head Start class took a behind-the-scenes tour of a grocery store. The children learned about the different departments such as produce, dairy, meat, delicatessen, and household products. They learned about scanning price bars, packing customers' purchases so they don't get damaged, and making change. How can Head Start staff encourage the children's emerging literacy as they follow up on this tour?
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