Story Time Reads Aug. 20-24

We use language to communicate orally through speaking, aurally through hearing and visually through reading, writing and art.  Early literacy takes into account how important it is to teach these skills beginning at birth.  Early literacy is everything a child needs to know about reading and writing before he or she begins to read. 

Early literacy is broken down into six basic skills. 
1. Print Awareness
2. Phonological Awareness
3. Vocabulary
4. Narrative Skills
5. Print Motivation
6. Letter Knowledge

Early Literacy Tip
Teach your child about letters and words. Notice words and letters in the world around you. Read cereal boxes and favorite snacks. Post your child’s name in his or her room. Point out the letters in your child’s name that you see in signs and billboards around town.

Books We Read

The Jazzy Alphabet by Sherry Shahan	Little Pea by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister	Read and Rise by Sandra L. Pinkney
Read it, Don't Eat It! by Ian Schoenherr