TIPS AND TOOLS ON LITERACY
Getting Ready to Read - This booklet offers ideas for nurturing early literacy skills through everyday interactions children from birth to 5 years. Read More
Getting Ready for School Begins at Birth - Discusses strategies for using everyday moments and routines to help children develop early literacy and other school readiness skills from birth to 3 years. Read More
What We Know About Early Literacy and Language Development - Provides information on how early language and literacy skills unfold across the first three years of life. Read More
Tips for Choosing Books for Babies and Toddlers - Offers suggestions on the types of books that appeal to and are appropriate for children aged birth to five. Read More
Books About Feelings for Babies and Toddlers - Provides book suggestions for babies and toddlers on a range of topics including self-control, dealing with anger or frustration, making friends, and coping with grief and loss. Read More
Why Begin with Infants? - Excerpts from an article that highlights how various early literacy skills develop beginning at birth. Read More
Learning to Write and Draw - Discusses strategies for using everyday moments and routines to help children develop early literacy and other school readiness skills from birth to 3 years. Read More
Tips on Sharing Books With Babies – Provides ideas for making reading an enjoyable and nurturing experience for very young children. Read More
Beginnings of Literacy – Zero to Three Journal article that explains how early literacy skills emerge in the context of imaginative play and loving relationships. Read More
Bridges to Literacy – Zero to Three Journal article that explains the various mechanisms involved in the development of early literacy skills. Includes suggestions for parents. Read More
TIPS AND TOOLS ON LANGUAGE
Tips on Learning to Talk - Provides a brief introduction to language development with age-appropriate language-building suggestions for children aged birth to three. Read More
Supporting Your Child’s Communication Skills - Browse this resource to discover playtime, language, and literacy activities for each month of the year. Read More
Songs, Rhymes and Fingerplays in Spanish and English - Provides words to songs, rhymes, and fingerplays appropriate for infants, toddlers, and preschoolers. Read More
Storytelling in the First Three Years - Zero to Three Journal article which explores the powerful role played by stories and storytelling in early learning and development. Read More
