Lang & Literacy Dev in ECE ((3 Credit Hours))

Catalog description

This course focuses on language and literacy development in children age birth to eight years old, as well as the practices to individualize teaching to support language and literacy development in a diverse classroom. The course will include an overview of typical language development birth to age eight, and students will be introduced to atypical language development and specific disabilities that affect language and literacy. Supporting children of diverse abilities and English language learners will be emphasized. Students will explore and practice methods for supporting development, learning and literacy for all children as well as learn the ways in which these skills lay a foundation for later reading success. Students will be introduced to key practices that promote explicit and systematic instruction, and they will participate in field-based assignments where they apply their learning.