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.