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Friday, November 18, 2011 Parent Literacy Workshop: Join us to learn strategies to increase your child’s enjoyment of books!. Presenters: Bridget McDonald , Gina Lascody, Laura Preston and Sharon Karpiel. Do you remember the process of learning to read?.
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Friday, November 18, 2011Parent Literacy Workshop:Join us to learn strategies to increase your child’s enjoyment of books! Presenters: Bridget McDonald, Gina Lascody, Laura Preston and Sharon Karpiel
Children need to have all of the following processes in place in order to be able to read…
“The fact is that most preschoolers have not developed these skills solid enough to be able to put all of these processes in place to “read.” (Nor, should they be expected to!) Therefore, the most important facet of emergent literacy is… “fostering the love of the story!” (L. Calvert, EIU)
What Parents Can Do? Cultivating a home literacy environment -Storybook reading- children who are read to have a higher orientation to print -Sharing vocabulary words -Providing print awareness activities (discussing the components of print-not flash card drills
– Labeling pictures– Encourage the child’s participation duringreading (asking questions, pointing outwords/letters, sounding letters, etc.)– Introducing new words to enhance vocabularydevelopment – how often do you usevolcano or stegosaurus in normallanguage?
– Viewing reading as enjoyable (Parents)– Believing that you can help your child learn to read (also promotes a strong self self-concept in child) (Parents)– Viewing literacy and literacy activities asentertainment (Parents)-Pair music with books (i.e.Pete the Cat)
– Have conversations/dialogue with children (talkabout the day’s activities at dinner, discuss howthings work, ask questions on why people dothings)– Use questions and comments to help childrenelaborate on events and link them to otherevents – most influential to literacy skills– Not just about memory, about use
Let’s Get busy!Get into groups!Choosing a highly “Phonologically Aware” Book (handout)
How can we expand literacy skills/stories at home???-Meal time-Bedtime-Bath time-Outdoor activities-Riding in the car-Grocery Shopping
Literacy during bath time • Foam Letters- Practice spelling out your child's name or search and name letters. Talk about the sounds of the letters. • Bath Books- Bring your favorite book to bath time. There are children's books that are plastic and you can read in the tub. • Bath Crayons- Draw pictures and dictate what your child drew. • Bath Toys- Use your favorite bath toys to make up a very special story. • Questioning- When children ask questions try to seek the answers through active exploration such as what might sink or float.
Literacy during Meals • Search for specific letters on boxes of cereal or other food boxes/cans • Talk about the environmental sounds that you make while eating (crunch, chewing, slurping, chattering, scratching of fork on plate, clanking of dishes, etc.) • Put out pretzel sticks and let your child use them to form letters. • Put out scrabble Cheese-Its and have your child write their name and other familiar words with them. • Give your child a paper “placemat” to write on when they’re done with dinner. • Give everyone a turn to tell the story of their day. • Use descriptive words to describe food. This will increase your child’s vocabulary!
Literacy at the Grocery Store • Use store ad (pictures) to allow child to circle and label expressively what is on mom’s/dad’s grocery list
Literacy at the Grocery Store • Practice handwriting: Have child create a list (it is ok if it is “scribbles” as handwriting develops in stages)
Literacy at the Grocery Store • Label items as you pass them in the store. “This is a tomato, it is red. You can make soup with, or even put it on a sandwich.” • Play eye-spy. “I spy a green vegetable and it looks like a tree. Can you find it over here?”
Literacy during bedtime • Picture/Story Walk • Songs/Finger plays/Nursery Rhymes (Twinkle Little Star, Hey Diddle , Chocolate – Dora Song) • Dream Journal (this can be done on a dry erase board as well). • Books in Bed • Dry Erase Board (or a laminated sheet of white paper & a dry erase marker will work – teachers could send this home with the child) – Write words on the dry erase board, draw pictures and tell stories about the pictures on the dry erase board. • Writing in the Night Sky - Use large motions to “draw” a letter in the air with your finger/arm. Ask the child to mimic you. You can use hand-over-hand assistance (putting your hand over the child’s hand and moving together). • I-Spy (see next slide)
Literacy in Play Look at books together- naming and pointing to pictures of familiar objects. Give child real objects to play with. Add phone books, magazines, menus, junk mail to play area- children can “order” from a menu, “call” up the restaurant, “read” their mail. Allow children access to writing materials- pens, pencils, markers, paper, paint. Make signs for when the kitchen is open/closed, road signs, etc. Use materials from around your house- shaving cream, pudding, whip cream to “write” in Play card games- Go Fish, Old Maid, Uno Label bins-Place pictures and the written words on bins for easy clean-up Take a picture- Of something that the child created and then write a story about it Create tickets/programs- Children can put on a show and invite you to it by creating tickets for the “event” and/or programs for the show.
Literacy Outdoors:Taking a Walk • Have your child describe to you what they hear, see, smell, and touch during the walk. Using descriptive words are an important part of building literacy. Build on their language using more adjectives to describe what they are pointing out. • Name and point to traffic signs. Point out the letters as you are labeling the word (Look, it says Stop. S-T-O-P). • Play letter I-Spy on your walk. To make them more successful, you can give hints like what it rhymes with. “I spy something that begins with the letter T…and it sounds like bee”.
Literacy in transportation:In the car or bus • Make a game out of labeling familiar places and things they see out of the window. Print is everywhere- some familiar ones may be on cars (Ford), restaurant signs (McDonalds), and traffic signs (Stop). • Borrow books on tape from the library and listen to them while you are driving. • When it is hot or cold outside and the windows are steamed up, have your child scribble, draw, or write with their fingers on the window.
Literacy during bath time • Foam Letters- Practice spelling out your child’s name or search and name letters. Talk about the sounds of the letters. • Bath Books- Bring your favorite book to bath time. There are children's books that are plastic and you can read in the tub. • Bath Crayons- Draw pictures and dictate what your child drew. • Bath Toys- Use your favorite bath toys to make up a very special story. • Questioning- When children ask questions try to seek the answers through active exploration such as what might sink or float.
Parent Resources at MECEC Using MECEC Library online 1. http://library.elmhurst205.org 2. Choose Madison Early Childhood 3. Click on the COPY CATEGORIES- far right of menu bar 4. Choose the PARENT category and click VIEW button for a list of materials *We have 27 Parent Books available. For a list of these books visit the website above or you can email or write a note to your child’s teacher for the list to be sent home. A big thanks to Betty Lalibert for helping us establish such a wonderful library!
Literacy Illinois State Standards: Language Arts 1AECa Understand that pictures and symbols have meaning and that print carries a message. 1AECb Understand that reading progresses from left to right and top to bottom. 1AECc Identify labels and signs in the environment. 1AECd Identify some letters including those in own name. 1AECe Make some letter-sound matches. 1BECa Predict what will happen next using pictures and content for guides/ 1BECb Begin to develop phonological awareness by participating in rhyming activities. 1BECcRecognize separable and repeating sounds in spoken language. 1CECa Retell information from a story. 1CECb Respond to simple questions about reading material. 1CECc Demonstrate understanding of literal meaning of stories by making comments. 2AEC Understand that different text forms, such as magazines, notes, lists, letters, and story books are used for different purposes. 2BEC Show independent interest in reading-related activities. 3AEC Use scribbles, approximations of letters, or known letters to represent written language. 3BEC Dictate stories and experiences. 3CEC Use drawing and writing skills to convey meaning and information. 4AEC Listen with understanding and respond to directions and conversations. 4BEC Communicate needs, ideas and thoughts. 5AEC Seek answers to questions through active exploration. 5BEC Relate prior knowledge to new information. 5CEC Communicate information with others.
If you have any questions or would like more information on this topic please feel free to email us:bmcdonald@elmhurst.k12.il.usglascody@elmhurst.k12.il.uslpreston@elmhurst.k12.il.usFor more information about Elmhurst Public Library please contact:sharon.karpiel@elmhurst.org
