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Literacy Checklist In preschool, we have so little time each day with the children. In special education classrooms, we tend to have less time for literacy as we work on IEP goals which include self-help skills, social skills, and basic needs. Use this list of good teaching practices for preschool special education classrooms as a self check. Did you do each of these things this week? Read a book every day [ examples Model reading and writing explicitly [ examples Let kids write their own names on their art work [ examples Plan units around literature [ examples Use augmentative communication to allow for participation in interactive reading [ examples Use electronic versions of books to allow access to repeated readings of stories and to increase motivation and attention for stories [ examples Incorporate activities that use printed names of students into daily routine [ examples Incorporate reading and writing into dramatic play areas [ examples Model reading and writing functions by explicitly teach how to play in the dramatic play areas [ examples Use communication boards for all children in the dramatic play area [ examples Read a book every day – we often get so busy, we forget that reading books constantly is very valuable for literacy development. While we read, we model many behaviors that teach children basic concepts of print. Remember to let the children see the text and to point to the text when you read.

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March 16, 2004 Volunteers Sought for Preschool Reading Project Adult volunteers, especially seniors, who are available to work on a preschool literacy project are invited to an orientation tea Tuesday, March 30, 1:30 - 3 p.m., at Oakton Community College, 1600 E. Golf Road. The meeting will be held in Room 1610. Convenient and free parking is available in Lot C. The "Reading Readiness Project" at Oakton's Early Childhood Demonstration Center, is sponsored by a $2000 grant from retail giant Target. The seven-week program, which runs April 12 through the end of May, allows volunteers to work with children ages two to five on a variety of reading and writing activities. Volunteers are asked to commit two to three hours of their time, one day per week, at either Oakton campus in Des Plaines or Skokie. Suggested projects include making books of stories developed and illustrated by the children, and transcribing letters "dictated" by children to family members. Such activities promote language skills in young children, and feelings of self-worth in older volunteers. For more information about the "Reading Readiness Project," contact Shelley Levin, manager Early Childhood Demonstration Center, at 847-635-2612 or levin@oakton.edu.

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Early Childhood Education: Preschool Ages 3-5 Certificate 19 Semester Credit Hours; Curriculum: 0068 Courses for a Certificate: Credit Hours ECE 102 Child Growth and Development ECE 104 Introduction to Early Childhood Education ECE 106 Guidance and Observation of Young Children ECE courses to total nine semester credit hours Total Semester Credit Hours for Certificate: Students must earn a minimum grade of C in all Early Childhood Education courses to be awarded a certificate. This is a SAMPLE semester-by-semester schedule for the Early Childhood Education: Preschool Ages 3-5 Certificate. Some of the courses in this program have prerequisites . The sample schedule below takes into account these prerequisites. To learn which courses have prerequisites, see course descriptions in the Oakton catalog. Only when a course has a prerequisite that is not part of the program is the prerequisite noted in parentheses. Fall - ECE 102 Child Growth and Development - ECE 104 Introduction to Early Childhood Development - ECE courses to total three semester credit hours Spring - ECE 106 Guidance and Observation of Young Children - ECE courses to total six semester credit hours Itemization of Costs: (2004-2005 Academic Year)

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III. Preschool Reading and the Bilingual Child Mariana and Elena Past Learn to Read English and Spanish How the Christian Children Learned to Read Spanish and English A Case of Korean/English Bilingualism and Biliteracy Plurilingualism and Pluriliteracy ... Summary If a monolingual child can get a headstart by learning to read before going to school, why can't a bilingual child get a double headstart by learning to read two languages before entering school? No one would deny the educational importance of skill in reading; nor would many deny the advantage of a knowledge of two spoken languages. The theoretical advantage of knowing how to read and write in two languages would seem to be self-evident, and yet biliteracy is rarely emphasized as an objective in our schools. This is an intriguing fact. Is there perchance a parallel between this fact and that other widely recognized fact that illiteracy and semiliteracy are common in our schools? If early readers rarely have difficulties in school, can we assume that bilingual children too would have no difficulties if they learned how to read in two languages before entering school? Personally I like Chester Christian's statement and implied solution of the problem: In an important sense, the education of those who speak two languages can never be "equal" to the education of monolinguals; it must be inferior or superior. Whether it will be the one or the other depends heavily on whether literacy is provided in only one or in both languages. (

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skip navigation Kid's Zone Get Involved Contact Us ... Home President's Vision News Tool Kits Bridging the Gap Special Thanks Teaching Our Youngest Some Helpful Terms to Know Here are some terms that you may encounter as you read more about early childhood education. Alliteration The same consonant sounds at the beginning of words in a sentence or a line of poetry. For example, the sound of P in P eter P iper p icked a p eck of p ickled p eppers. Alphabetic principle The understanding that written letters systematically represent sounds. For example, the word big has three letters and three sounds. Big books Oversized books that allow children to see the print and pictures as we read them. Cognitive development Children's developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions, which help them to think about and understand the world around them. Decoding The translation of the letters in written words into recognizable sounds and combining these sounds into meaningful words. Emergent literacy The view that literacy learning begins at birth and is encouraged through participation with adults in meaningful literacy-related activities. Environmental print Printed materials that are a part of everyday life. They include signs, billboards, labels, and business logos.

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How do young children learn to read and write? What the research tells us Children begin to develop as readers and writers by understanding and mimicking basic concepts. For example, a pre- schooler's drawing and markings on paper may not appear to be conventional writing, but those markings are an important and necessary beginning. Children use all forms of language-speaking, listening, pictures, print, and images-to communicate their ideas, thoughts, and feelings. They build on their oral language to learn about written language. Early experiences with oral and written language-as well as with adults and peers-provide children with a rich foundation to begin to read words, understand how letters and sounds go together, and acquire knowledge about the English language system. Children's abilities during the preschool years are described in a 1988 joint position statement of the International Reading Association (IRA) and the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC). Examples of what young children can do include: Listening to and discussing books Understanding that print carries a message Engaging in reading and writing attempts Identifying labels and signs in their environment Participating in rhyming games Identifying some letters and making letter-sound matches Using known letters or approximations of letters to represent written language (especially meaningful words, names, and phrases)

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Pups on parade 'Fun Day' celebrates pets; local Londonderry dog honored for heroism By Julie Huss DERRY NEWS STAFF Derry News/Julie Huss Debbie D'Elia cuddled the little mop of black fur against her shoulder as she watched the events of the day. This curly-haired pup - a miniature poodle named "Jelly Bean" - was D'Elia's "Easter baby." Jelly Bean was just one of many dogs and pets that came to Derry's MacGregor Park Sunday for the annual Pet Walk and Fun Day sponsored by the Derry Humane Society, Derry Rotary Club and Derry News. The day's events included a walk, games, agility demonstrations, vendors, pet contests and awards. "We have a great time doing it," the humane society's Denise Geudreau said, "People really enjoy coming out." And most of those people brought along furry companions representing many breeds, including bulldogs, pugs, greyhounds, corgis, daschunds, terriers, huskies and many more. There were even lumbering llamas on hand to greet the smaller pets that stopped to visit. In addition, four students who made a difference in the lives of pets were given special awards. "Be Kind to Animals" honors were given to Heather Sipes, Erica Cranston, Tyler Cranston and Michelle Reed, who organized a drive to benefit the Greater Derry Humane Society.

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Search the Site: news community diaries shop Preschool Prep Series: The Montessori Method part 1 by Tara Swords When daughter Kendall was very young, Scott Witmer and his wife did a lot to encourage their daughter to learn. They read to her often, enrolled in a parent-toddler music class and took Kendall to the park to be around other babies. Dad Scott admits that when it came time to enroll Kendall in an all-day preschool, he didn't know much about the school he and his wife chose. It was a Montessori preschool, and at the time, he had never heard of Montessori. But he had heard good things about a particular school and had a good feeling about the teachers there. So 3-year-old Kendall went off to be taught according to the Montessori Method. "Just the way that my daughter has responded to it is amazing," he says. Defining Montessori: A Historical Perspective So what is this teaching method? Its founder is Dr. Maria Montessori, who became involved in early childhood education in Europe around the turn of the twentieth century. While working as a pediatrician, contact with young, poor children impressed upon her the idea that all babies are born with intelligence and vast potential. Perhaps the best description of her teaching philosophy comes from Montessori herself, in an excerpt from The Absorbent Mind "Ours was a house for children, rather than a real school. We had prepared a place for children where a diffused culture could be assimilated, without any need for direct instruction...Yet these children learned to read and write before they were five, and no one had given them any lessons. At that time it seemed miraculous that children of four and a half should be able to write, and that they should have learned without the feeling of having been taught. We puzzled over it for a long time. Only after repeated experiments did we conclude with certainty that all children are endowed with this capacity to 'absorb' culture. If this be true we then argued if culture can be acquired without effort, let us provide the children with other elements of culture.

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