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Enhancing Early Intervention in Pre-K Education: Strategies and Insights

This presentation addresses the critical need for effective early intervention in language development and literacy for children from birth to age five. It highlights the vulnerabilities of low-income children and those transitioning to English, emphasizing the importance of community agency support for parents. The discussion covers recent motivations for Pre-K programs, including accountability and brain research, as well as key components of a comprehensive curriculum. Strategies for addressing gaps in teacher knowledge and the effective use of formative assessment are also explored.

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Enhancing Early Intervention in Pre-K Education: Strategies and Insights

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  1. LeapFrog SchoolHouse National Sales Meeting Early Intervention Quality Quinn

  2. What is Intervention? • Children need instruction that compensates for deficits in Language Development and Early Literacy during the birth through five years. • Low-income children and those preparing to transition to English are more vulnerable to these deficits (Lyons,2000) • Efforts through community agencies are now being put in place to support parents.

  3. What’s Motivating Pre-K Programs? • Accountability • Adequate yearly progress • Recent brain research

  4. Recent Influences On Early Childhood Education • Recent language research • Upgrading of day care • Redefinition of developmentally appropriate instruction • Academic curriculum • Reading • Math • Science • Social Studies

  5. Assessment • Reading Aloud • Language Development • Concept Development • Phonological Awareness • Beginning to Write • Letter Recognition • Mathematics • Science • Social Studies • Health and Safety • Personal and Social Development • Physical Development

  6. Holes in the Market • Teachers know about phonological awareness, but they are not sure that what they are doing with children really teaches it • Teachers still misunderstand the power of formative assessment • Teachers are not aggressive enough about concepts and the vocabulary that is related to those concepts

  7. How to Sell to the Pre-K Market • Comfort the troubled and trouble the comfortable (Hunter, 1981)

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