1. Teen Team: Read Together
Fun with Early Literacy Skills!

2. Why is reading important?

3. RAPPORT BUILDING Take a few minutes to introduce yourself
Share a few basic facts about yourself
Ask the children a few questions about themselves

4. Early Literacy Skills Phonemic Awareness Print Awareness
Print Motivation
Letter Knowledge
Comprehension Skills
Vocabulary
Dialogic Skills

5. Phonemic Awareness Hearing sounds that make up words Beginning Sounds
Rhyming words
Singing songs
Animal sounds

6. Vocabulary Knowing names of things, emotions, and concepts
Do not “dumb down”
Replace known words with similar
unknown words

7. Print Awareness Understanding what print represents How to hold a book
Title of the book
Words on the page
Reading from left to right
Environmental print

8. Print Motivation Relating books with fun experiences
Listening for fun or information
Acting out stories
Singing stories
The activities you’ll be helping with!

9. Letter Knowledge
Understanding that letters have names, and are related to sound
Knowing that letters make words

10. Comprehension Skills Prior knowledge Prediction
Make connections-link the story to something they already know or have experienced Retell stories-beginning, middle, and end

11. Dialogic Reading Asking simple questions and follow up
with expanded questions
Encourages language skills and keeps
the child engaged

12. Skills Made Easy!
Talk
Sing
Write
Play
READ

13. LITERACY ACTIVITIES How do the activities help with early literacy
skills?
How will you approach different ages?

14. HAVE FUN!