1. Every Child Ready to Read @ your library® Public Library Association Association for Library Service to Children Talkers

2. Five Little Ducks Five little ducks went out one day, Over the hills and far away. Mother Duck said, “Quack, quack, quack, quack." But only 4 little ducks came back. Four little ducks... Three little ducks... Two little ducks... One little duck... Well, sad Mother Duck went out one day, Over the hills and far away, Mother Duck said, "Quack, quack, quack." And all of the 5 little ducks came back. QUACK! QUACK!

3. Help children enjoy language, books and reading Six early literacy skills Art activities to reinforce skills Today’s Workshop

4. Effects of Starting Early

5. YOU Are Important YOU,,parents and caregivers know your children best Children learn by doing. Children model parents’ behavior First five years set the stage

6. What do they do? What do you do with them? Two- and Three- Year Olds

7. Literacy in Our Daily Routine

8. WHAT IS EARLY LITERACY?

9. Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write.

11. Six Skills To Get Ready to Read Print Motivation Phonological Awareness Vocabulary Narrative Skills Print Awareness Letter Knowledge

12. Print Motivation Child’s interest in and enjoyment of books

13. Art Connection Bookmaking Draw a picture/character Make something in story Favorite part of picture Rebus story puppets

14. Phonological Awareness The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words

15. Eensy Weensy Spider The eensy weensy spider climbed up the water spout Down came the rain and washed the spider out Out came the sun and dried up all the rain So the eensy weensy spider climbed up the spout again.

16. Art Connection Sing Musical instruments Music with words Poems

17. Language Has Rhythm Itsy, Bitsy Spider Nursery Rhymes Children’s songs

18. Vocabulary Knowing the names of things 

19. carrot carrot

20. Vocabulary Things Feelings Concepts

21. Art Connection Peek a boo Name Book Changing Face Puppet Coffee Can theater Emotion Cards Use paintings and photos to help child identify objects

22. Print Awareness Noticing print everywhere Knowing how to handle a book Knowing how we follow the words on a page

23. Labeling/ Environmental Print Activity Labeling/ Environmental Print Activity

24. Knowing that letters are different from each other, that they have different names and relate to sounds Letter Knowledge

25. Art Connection Clay Name books Real life examples

26. Name Book Activity Child’s name on cover One letter on each page Draw, cut images

27. Narrative Skills The ability to describe things and events, and to tell stories

28. Art Connection Fingerplays Acting out story Drawing Storytelling Puppets

29. Making Connections What the child does Relate to early literacy skills

30. Dialogic or Hear and Say Reading

31. Ask “What” Questions

33. Ask Open Ended Questions

35. Use general questions to encourage child to say more Simple what questions Add description What do you see on this page? What’s happening here? What else do you see? Build upon the child’s phrases Have your child repeat Relate to child’s experiences

36. Dialogic Reading

37. Questions

39. Every Child Ready to Read @ your library We learn as we have fun. We have fun as we learn. Pass it on!