Encouraging early literacy starts young, much earlier than a child’s first day of kindergarten. While it’s wonderful to ensure homes have books in them, Stephanie discusses the importance of educating parents so that they know how to support their child’s literacy development before they enter school. She provides strategies beyond handing out books that schools and parents can use to increase the language and literacy development of current and future students.
Please find related materials here:
Related Research: Developing Reading and Writing in Second Language Learners
Find the playlist for the full set of videos in this module series here:
Increasing the Language Skills of Children from Low-Income Backgrounds Playlist
Find each of the modules from this playlist here:
The Achievement Gap (ILS: Module 01)
Importance of Parent Training in Early Literacy (ILS: Module 02)
Strategies to Support Emergent Literacy (ILS: Module 03)
Increasing Literacy in Adolescents (ILS: Module 04)
Optimizing the Learning Environment (ILS: Module 05)
Please find links to research mentioned in this module here:
Montgomery, J. (2007). Vocabulary interventions for RTI: Tiers 1, 2, 3. InAmerican Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Boston: MA.
Sharif, I., Rieber, S., Ozuah, P. O., & Reiber, S. (2002). Exposure to Reach Out and Read and vocabulary outcomes in inner city preschoolers. Journal of the National Medical Association, 94(3), 171.
