Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to 5 by V. Susan Bennett-Armeitead is a book all about early literacy research, skills, and strategies for early education teachers. Since studies show that literacy develops earlier than when a child enters elementary school, this book provides educators with literacy-rich activities and ways to create a literacy environments early on in a child's life. It also has photographs and examples of student work.
This is the tag cloud for the book Literacy and the Youngest Learner: Best Practices for Educators of Children from Birth to 5 by V. Susan Bennett-Armeitead.
(1) early and family literacy(1) Early Childhood(1) ECE Literacy(1) Education(1) homeschool(1) homeschooling reference(1) Infants(1) Kindergarten(1) literacy(3) preschool(2) professional(1) Reading Instruction(1) reference(1) teacher resource(1) teaching(1) toddler(1) tricia(1) Writing(1)
I chose this book because I feel that it would be a wonderful resource for my blog's topic, early literacy skills. Although, at first glance, literacy is not the highest tagged word, it is actually tagged three times: early and family literacy, ECE literacy, and literacy. Unlike many other books I found on this subject, it has tags of infants, toddler, and preschool, along with early childhood. It is also tagged as being professional.
The tag cloud information can be found at LibraryThing: http://www.librarything.com/work/2542070/book/36343122
The description information can be found at Amazon.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
Competency 4-RSS Feed
Every Child Ready to Read @ your library! (ECRR) is an early literacy program used by many libraries across the country, including the library where I work. I chose an RSS feed for ECRR in order to keep up with the latest information about this project, the most current research into early literacy skills, and to gain valuable tips on how to continue to use this program at my library. I feel that any librarian who works with children should have a good knowledge of the information ECRR provides.
Monday, September 15, 2008
Competency 3-Podcast
St. Tammany Parish Library produced a series of podcasts discussing early literacy skills. The first podcast Children's Podcast - Episode C002 - 10/18/07 is about the early literacy skill, print motivation.
During the sixteen minute podcast, the importance of early literacy skills for children ages birth to five years old is discussed. Early literacy skills mean providing young children the skills they need to make learning to read easier later on in life; it does not mean teaching them to read. Children's brains develop connections during age birth to five, which is why teaching literacy skills at a young age is important. The early literacy skill print motivation, or a love for reading and books, is also a topic of discussion.
This podcast fits my blog because it explains why early literacy skill development is important to brain development using easy-to-understand language. It also explains how reading skills are affected later on in life if early literacy skills are not acquired at a young age. I located this podcast by using Google. You can view the other five early literacy skill podcasts at http://www.sttammany.lib.la.us/podcast.html.
During the sixteen minute podcast, the importance of early literacy skills for children ages birth to five years old is discussed. Early literacy skills mean providing young children the skills they need to make learning to read easier later on in life; it does not mean teaching them to read. Children's brains develop connections during age birth to five, which is why teaching literacy skills at a young age is important. The early literacy skill print motivation, or a love for reading and books, is also a topic of discussion.
This podcast fits my blog because it explains why early literacy skill development is important to brain development using easy-to-understand language. It also explains how reading skills are affected later on in life if early literacy skills are not acquired at a young age. I located this podcast by using Google. You can view the other five early literacy skill podcasts at http://www.sttammany.lib.la.us/podcast.html.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Competency 2-Related Blog
ALSC Blog
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
The ALSC Blog had a variety of useful information. This blog is coordinated by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and all regular contributors are members of the ALSC. The purpose of this blog is to provide information on news and current events in the field of children's librarianship. It is also used to post conferences, resources, programs, and activities for ALSC members and others interested in children's librarianship. I chose this blog because of it's association with the national, professional organization of the ALSC and because of my interest in children's librarianship.
The following excert, titled School Talk, is from the ALSC Blog webpage located at http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?p=412
I chose this excert because it discusses early literacy and how librarians can work with school reading/literacy specialists to help promote literacy.
Yesterday I met with the reading coordinator of our local school board. I met with her because of a session I attended at PLA in Minneapolis; the presenter encouraged us to learn how reading is taught in our local schools in order to support young readers. We do so much to encourage early literacy, and we really should be helping those young readers as well. Learning to read is a difficult process for about 80% of children. I’d be willing to wager that a large group of that other 20% end up as teachers and librarians. As a result of my 90-minute meeting, I’ve already made changes... So with two simple changes to an upcoming program that reaches a large amount of students, I’ve been able to extend what the schools are teaching.
I discovered this blog by searching Yahoo Blog Directories: http://dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/blogs/.
http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/
The ALSC Blog had a variety of useful information. This blog is coordinated by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), and all regular contributors are members of the ALSC. The purpose of this blog is to provide information on news and current events in the field of children's librarianship. It is also used to post conferences, resources, programs, and activities for ALSC members and others interested in children's librarianship. I chose this blog because of it's association with the national, professional organization of the ALSC and because of my interest in children's librarianship.
The following excert, titled School Talk, is from the ALSC Blog webpage located at http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/?p=412
I chose this excert because it discusses early literacy and how librarians can work with school reading/literacy specialists to help promote literacy.
Yesterday I met with the reading coordinator of our local school board. I met with her because of a session I attended at PLA in Minneapolis; the presenter encouraged us to learn how reading is taught in our local schools in order to support young readers. We do so much to encourage early literacy, and we really should be helping those young readers as well. Learning to read is a difficult process for about 80% of children. I’d be willing to wager that a large group of that other 20% end up as teachers and librarians. As a result of my 90-minute meeting, I’ve already made changes... So with two simple changes to an upcoming program that reaches a large amount of students, I’ve been able to extend what the schools are teaching.
I discovered this blog by searching Yahoo Blog Directories: http://dir.yahoo.com/news_and_media/blogs/.
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