LITERACY/LANGUAGE: Pre-Reading Skill

Children acquire proficiency in language and literacy through extensive experience with language, print, and literature in a variety of contexts. Here we see Noel as he “reads” a favorite classroom book to his friend. As he observes the pages of the book, Noel is learning to read the pictures’ grammar. This prepares him for the future ability of reading of texts.

LITERACY/LANGUAGE: Pre-Reading Skills, Daily Schedule

On a rotating basis the children in the Cardinal classroom take turns reviewing our Daily Schedule with the entire group at Morning Meeting. This reading readiness activity provides wonderful opportunities for children to practice decoding skills and sight vocabulary skills as well as recall and memory skills. Learning concepts such yesterday/today/tomorrow are reinforced daily and the children are developing a sense of time and sequence as they map out the events of their day.

Here we see Noel as he named the activities of the day, pointing to each word and touching the word with his pointer finger. Through this literacy activity, Noel’s print awareness is heightening. A pre-reading skill, print awareness is an important part of knowing how to read and write. Noel’s interest to participate in this activity reflects his growing knowledge about the relation between words he sees in print and the words he speaks and hears.