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Importance of Early Literacy
What is “Early Literacy?"
Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can actually read or write.
Research has shown that children start getting ready to read years before they start school, even from birth.
Six skills every child needs to learn to read-starting from birth:
Print Motivation is a child’s interest in and enjoyment of books.
Vocabulary is knowing the names of things.
Print Awareness is noticing print, knowing how to handle a book, and how we follow the written words on a page.
Letter Knowledge is learning to name letters and to recognize them everywhere.
Narrative Skills is the ability to describe things and events and to tell stories.
Phonological Awareness is the ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.
Week of the Young Child
April 19 - 25, 2009
Week of the Young Child is held each year to honor young children and thank early childhood teachers and all those who make a difference in young children’s lives.
This year, Rasmussen College Early Childhood Education Program is collaborating with the Campus Librarians to highlight the importance of reading to young children during Week of the Young Child.
All young children need and deserve high-quality early learning experiences that will prepare them for life, and Rasmussen College Early Childhood Education Program has a great opportunity to do our part to help young children. Week of the Young Child is time to recognize the importance of early learning for all young children, and to bring children, parents and ECE teachers together to help give all young children a great start.