- Introduction and Overview
- How Does Literacy Emerge? Three Perspectives
This module describes three perspectives of literacy development.
- Language and Literacy Modules_Preschool Development Grant
Please find several learning modules from the Preschool Development Grant (PDG).
- The Big Picture: Early Foundations in Language and Literacy
This introductory module presents teachers with an overview of early literacy
- How Does Literacy Emerge? Three Perspectives
- Birth-3 Modules
- Joint Attention: An Important Aspect of Communication
This module describes joint attention and how it supports the development of communication skills.
- Language and Literacy-Enriched Routines for Infants and Toddlers
- Language Beginnings: Infants and Babies
This module is an introductory session that focuses on the importance of oral language experiences for infants and babies.
- Language Beginnings–Talking Toddlers
- Never Too Early: Introduction to Literacy Instruction for Infants and Toddlers
This module is currently unavailable. The revised version will be posted in the next few days.
- Social-Emotional Development: Understanding Its Relationship to Literacy and Learning
- Joint Attention: An Important Aspect of Communication
- PreK Oral Language
- Extended Conversations
This presentation is the third module in the Oral Language series.
- Interactive Shared Reading
- Narratives: Introduction to Oral Language
Welcome to the 5-part series on Oral Language. This module is the first presentation and will introduce you to the two kinds of narratives that children share.
- The Power of Questioning
This module is part of the Oral Language series. The focus of this presentation is on the use of questioning as a teaching and learning tool.
- Vocabulary Knowledge
This presentation is the second in a series of five modules addressing oral language development. In this module you will learn how children acquire word knowledge.
- Extended Conversations
- Prek Assessments and Differentiated Instruction
- Analyzing and Interpreting Your PALS-PreK Data
- Differentiated Instruction: Targeting Three Zones in the Classroom
This presentation is the first in a series of four modules on differentiated instruction.
- Introduction to Assessment Instruments
- Analyzing and Interpreting Your PALS-PreK Data
- PreK Phonological Awareness
- Phonemic Awareness
This module focuses on the most complex level of phonological awareness.
- Phonological Awareness (Updated)
This is the updated version of the phonological awareness presentation. You will learn about the components of phonological awareness and the instructional activities that will support and enhance this development.
- Phonemic Awareness
- PreK Print Concepts
- Alphabet knowledge
In this presentation we explore the components of alphabet knowledge.
- Concept of Word: Understanding How Print Works
In this presentation teachers will learn the importance of finger-point reading and how it promotes literacy skills in young children.
- Introduction to Print Awareness
In this presentation teachers will learn about three broad categories of print awareness that young children must learn
- Name Writing
In this presentation teachers will discover how name writing reflects and promotes early literacy skills.
- Writing Development: Drawings, Scribbles, Letters, and Words
In this presentation we will explore the developmental stages of writing.
- Alphabet knowledge