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Early Learning Resources: by Kathryn Lynip

Adult Special Topics post—11/13/09
As the emphasis grows on teaching literacy skills at home to preschoolers, parents and other care providers are looking for good resources. This list includes theory books on why early learning is important, such as Sue Roger’s forthcoming book Rethinking Play And Pedagogy In Early Childhood Education. Also included are activity books that parents and teachers can use with emergent learners like the Learn Everyday series from Gryphon House that highlights concepts like colors, shapes and numbers. There are even resources for librarians to use when planning programs such as Tune Up To Literacy: Original Songs And Activities For Kids from ALA. For those of us who are new to the early learning movement and want a place to start here are some suggestions that I hope will be helpful.

Audio & Music: Early Learning: by Trisha Rigsby

A/V Core List post—11/13/09
Lately in Collection Development there’s been a lot of talk about early literacy, which has me thinking about my own childhood. I was fortunate to grow up surrounded by books, and I’m forever grateful to my mom for fostering my love of reading at an early age. I realize now the number of ways my mom did this. She read to me, we sang and listened to music. Later, it was my turn to read to her or read on my own with read-along books and cassettes. Getting children to listen and understand what they’re hearing are important parts of learning to read. Offering kids a variety of ways to experience language keeps them interested and engaged. Music and read alongs are excellent early learning resources because they encourage the development of language, listening and memory skills.

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The Six Skills of Literacy: by Heather Ji

Juvenile & YA Core List post—11/13/09
I learned to read at an early age, but I’m not sure if this had to do with the amount of books in our house, my mother’s love of reading, or my being an only child and only understanding so much of daytime television. These days, parents, teachers and librarians are particularly conscious of the benefits of exposing toddlers and preschoolers to books in order to help them start the process of learning to read, and have defined six skills of literacy: Print Motivation, Print Awareness, Letter Knowledge, Vocabulary Skills, Narrative Skills and Phonological Awareness. We have created core lists for each of these categories, and will be updating them regularly with fun and exciting books that can be used to help kids develop both reading skills and a love of reading.

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