Building A Literacy Rich Environment - YIS EY by EKC

Meredith Spragg

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meredithspragg@gmail.com

EKC Community

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EKC Facebook Group

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What Comes Before Phonics?

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Strive for Five

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Literacy Learners for Infants, Toddlers, and Preschoolers

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A Teacher's Guide to Vocabulary Development Across the Day

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Science of Early Literacy

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Literacy Rich Environment Reflection

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What Comes Before Phonics

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Meaningful Print in the Classroom

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Print Concepts

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Print Referencing

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Musical Child

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Although this is primarily about the benefits of music, it talks a lot about movement and it's impact on child development.

Visual Thinking Strategies for PreK

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A great way to use visuals (art) to support language and create a literacy rich environment (make displays and books out of discussions)

Print Salient Texts

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Wordless Books

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Metalinguistic Awareness Tips for Parents

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Class book based on books

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Easy "Readers"

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Long narrative books are important for building vocabulary, connecting to background knowledge, and revisiting concepts. (Example: Here We Are by Oliver Jeffers, Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall, Trying by Komi Yamada.)

For easy "readers" I try to look for: repetition, alliteration, rhyme, simple vocabulary and short sentences. Some of these are especially great for shared reading.

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This is an in-depth summary of the human balance system. For more connections to its impact on education both The Musical Child and Balanced and Barefoot extend on this. This PHD OT breaks it down in a very parent friendly way: https://www.griffinot.com/vestibular-system/

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Balanced and Barefoot

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PR Examples

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As a team, something we can commit to in the next week…

2025-01-17 06:56:03 UTC

We've started already! As Esther mentioned, we are currently inquiring into night-time and the dark. On Monday, she asked families to write the word 'night' in their own languages and we've added them to our exploration space. She was also able to share your very handy example about learning about the consistency of physical objects regardless of direction in contrast to learning letter symbols, and blew a few parents' minds!

As a team, something we can commit to in the next month…

2025-01-17 06:56:22 UTC

We are working towards being more intentional and systematic with our learners documenting through photographs. We're exploring the best system for our context, but really see the value. We will also start documenting our cooking sessions and create a growing book of recipes for our class library. We will also start turning more of our teacher-created documentation into books as well, such as our self-portraits and night exploration.

As a team, something we can commit to in the next year…

2025-01-17 06:56:41 UTC

We encourage families to send photos of their child at different ages on their birthdays and then we share it with the group. Although it's always a rich and positive experience, it is a bit haphazard (not all families remember to send photos) and lost once the moment is gone. We recognise the potential for rich discussions and vocabulary-building in this experience, so next year we will include our request for photos in our start-of-year family questionnaire (where we already ask for name pronunciations and spellings in home languages). We will make a book or display so this information is more independently accessible to the learners.

Sensory Development

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