Engaging Families Through Early Literacy Experiences

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The early years are the most important period of literacy development. Major emphasis is on the developmental nature of becoming literate, the concept of emergent literacy, and the importance of quality reading and language arts experiences, and the vital relationship between reading and writing. This course will focus on emergent and literacy development birth through PreK children and creating engaging literacy experiences for families to implement at home. Candidates will become familiar with genres in Children?s Literature and will plan and implement cross-curricular literacy experiences for preschool age children as well as plan and implement literacy focused parent workshop sessions. Community and school based field experiences are embedded as part of the course. Some class sessions may be held on Saturdays to implement on-campus literacy sessions with children and parents.