Keyword: Reading to Children
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Early Reading and Writing with Preschoolers
This resource list provides a collection of resources on preschool early reading and writing.
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Helping Young Children Get Ready to Read
Even very young children are learning to listen to words in order to gain speech and language skills. While this is happening, they are exploring print in books and throughout their environment in order to make connections between print and spoken words. This tool kit will provide information on print awareness, oral language, phonological awareness,…
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Sing Pío, Pío, Pío
A strong foundation for early literacy learning is created when caregivers and children read together, starting in infancy. Every time a caregiver reads, sings, and talks with a young child, they are building the child’s vocabulary and language skills.
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Choose Good Books That Accurately Reflect Cultures and Home Languages
When teachers and child care directors are seeking new books to add to classroom libraries, it’s important to think intentionally about the children and families who will be reading those books.
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Toot, Honk, Splish
Reading books is an important way a caregiver can support the development of a young child’s language and literacy during the infant-toddler years. As children grow, they become more attentive and able to participate in book sharing.
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Language Development, Communication, and Literacy
This Early Learning Moment provides an overview of the Language Development, Communication, and Literacy domain of the Illinois Early Learning Guidelines for Children Birth to Age 3. This section of the guidelines describes how infants and toddlers learn to understand and communicate about the world with other people. This section also describes how children develop…
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Get Ready to Read
Set your young child up for reading and writing by building knowledge, skills, and habits that create a strong foundation for future literacy.
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Retelling “Caps for Sale”
Children gain great comprehension and communication skills when they have the opportunity for rich discussion during read-aloud times. Stories read aloud also can provide opportunities for children to use their memory skills and retell stories with their peers and teachers.
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Phonological Awareness in Young Children
This list contains a variety of resources associated with phonological awareness in young children.
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Encouraging Literacy Development in Preschoolers
This list contains a variety of resources associated with literacy development for preschoolers.
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Repeated Readings Can Build Literacy Skills
Story reading and retelling the story is one important way for young DLL children to develop strong language and literacy skills.
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Reading Partners: Sharing the Lead in Storybook Reading
Bilingual couples often hope that their children will grow up fluent in each of their languages. Reading storybooks in both languages can help support this ability. This clip shows the benefits of repeated readings of a familiar book in both English and Spanish.
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Dads Read
In this clip, the two dads model several ways to encourage very young children to begin to engage with the process of reading books.
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Connecting with Concepts and Skills
In this video Lisa models several ways you can help children connect with new vocabulary and concepts through reading their favorite books with them.
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Baby Meets Books
This video shows several ways that family members can encourage a baby’s interest in books.
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Super Story Time
“Tell me a story!” or “Read it again!” You have probably heard those words spoken by a child you know. Go ahead and answer, “Yes!” Cuddling up with a good book is a great way for children and adults to spend time together.
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Read and Write Together
Understanding stories and information that is read aloud is an important skill for young children.
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Celebrate Multicultural Children’s Book Day
It’s wonderful to have a special day to focus our awareness on multicultural children’s books and their authors.
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Learning Activity Kits
Homemade learning activity kits can engage a child who hates to wait.
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Sharing Books with Your Preschooler
Read aloud to your preschooler—for enjoyment and for long-term benefits!
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Rituals and Traditions in Programs That Serve Young Dual Language Learners
One of the wonderful aspects of early childhood programs is that the staff, together with children and families, can create rituals and traditions that build a sense of community within the program.
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Things to Do While You’re Waiting: Language and Literacy
You can help your child get ready to read while you’re on the move!
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The Gift of Words: Reading and Games
Knowing many words and understanding them are important in developing thinking skills and in getting ready to read.
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Sharing Books with Your Toddler
Can you really share books with an active, independent, and busy toddler? Yes!
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Reading Stories Can Feed the Imagination and Spur Brain Development
Reading stories introduces children to new words that go beyond their daily conversations.
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Read with Your Toddler!
Making reading a part of family life will help your child be ready to do well in school.
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Learning New Words Through Read Alouds
One of the delightful ways to engage with young children is through reading books aloud.
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What’s Next? Predictions at Story Time
You can involve older preschoolers in making predictions when you read them a book that they haven’t heard before.
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Using Predictable Books with Young Children
A predictable book is one that features patterns, sequences, and connections in the illustrations or words that enable children to guess “what comes next” in the story.
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Project Approach: Helping Preschoolers Represent What They Learn
During each phase of a class project, preschool children can represent their ideas about and understanding of a topic in many ways.
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Language Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 3.B.ECa
The children in Mrs. Silva’s class are working on a project about community helpers, guided by the question, “Who are the community helpers in our neighborhood?” At the beginning of the project, the children take a walk through their neighborhood and spot a fire station around the corner from their school building. After e-mailing the…
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Language Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 2.B.ECa
To introduce the small-group activity, Ms. Jones models the activity during large-group time. As she reads the story of Pete, the cat, she places corresponding colored shoes on the felt cutout of Pete as his shoes change color during the story.
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Fun at Home with Preschoolers: Getting Ready to Read!
You can do a lot to make getting ready to read a natural part of daily life.
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Sharing Books with Your Baby
Mothers, fathers, grandparents, aunts, uncles—even older brothers and sisters—can help babies learn to love reading by reading to them.
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Getting Ready to Read and Write in Childcare
Here are some simple ideas for creating a literacy environment.