My focus topic is providing support for literacy in the early childhood education field. To my colleagues: What can professionals/parents do to support their children through literacy? I think literacy is a topic that is so important and should be valued by our children. A child won’t know how important literacy is until they reach adulthood. Now as an adult I know that literacy encases everything I do. Some resources and information I am seeking regarding this is how to support our children or families? I want to know different ways my colleagues may support their co-workers, students, and families in their center. Some resources I have found to be helpful is asking professionals that have been in the filed for years. I have got some great ideas about promoting literacy, such as telling parents to point things out on the ride home, reading to their children every night, and letting kids read to them. I have found these ideas to be insightful. For example, my niece’s teacher told my sister to read to my niece everyday before she went to bed. My niece is a talking machine at the age of two. She can practically say anything that comes to mind and others are able to understand it.
Literacy at home is a great topic to talk about. It's very important to start early literacy at a young age by helping children improve their communication skills and their reading/writing skills. What other literacy skills could you use in the classroom and what age/grade level are you working on? I hope you'll find what you are looking for.
ReplyDeleteThis is very similar to my advocacy project. I am focusing on parent education in early literacy. My idea is to create a literacy program where children take home books and activities to do with their parents so that they can practice those things that you mentioned. Also, to involve teachers I suggest a reading night at the center/school where parents and teachers socialize with the children while reading books and doing activities. I agree that this is so important for the children to learn, our world and success in life is based on literacy skills.
ReplyDeleteHi Kenika! Have you began planning your presentation? If so, who do you plan to present it to? I am planning on meeting with a few teachers and the assistant director at the center that I have been observing at. I hope to offer the teachers suggestions to help bring more families in their classrooms as well as receive more suggestions that the teachers may have.
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ReplyDeleteLiteracy is so important is one of the main building block for education success. In the early years, parents take for granted an important role of being the child resource in this area. Conversations, asking question, self-talk, describing objects are good ways to increase their child’s literacy levels. Reading is extremely important, but also talking about the books they read, asking/making questions, and describing what they see in each page and when the book contains a new or interesting word, they can pause and define the word for their child. I love reading to my daughter she is 5 years old, but I also love to read to my students.
Hi Kenika,
DeleteI am also, doing Literacy as my advocacy plan. Reading and literacy are so important at the early childhood level. Children will learn that part of learning how to read is that print carries meaning. It is so important that what students learn in the classroom environment should take place in the home environment as well. Have you timed your presentation how long is you presentation? Who will be your target audience members? I plan to present my plan to a few teachers as well as the assistant director at the center in which I am doing my fieldwork hours in.
Hi Kenika,
ReplyDeleteI want to say that I think professionals are the best people to talk to. They can give you a lot of good advice on activities and topics of your choice. Another good way to do research is to make a chart for all the information that you already no and another for everything you would like to know about.
Hi Kenika, Professionals/parents can support children in literacy by reading with them as much as they can. Professionals/parents should read books with children that are interesting and engaging. If children know that reading is fun and enjoyable then they will love reading and want to read!
ReplyDeleteI want to give you a special thanks because you provided help on how to get the blog started. I was having so much trouble and you provided advice. Thanks and good luck with the rest of the quarter. :)
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