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11 Language and Literacy

Between the ages of 3 and 4, young children's language skills grow allowing them to talk more and become aware of written words. Preschoolers can develop early reading and writing abilities through playing with letters and sounds, engaging with books, and reading together daily. During this time, children also learn about the world while expanding their vocabularies to communicate observations and ideas with others through storytelling and conversation. Simple strategies like reading together, talking about their day, and engaging in pretend play can support literacy development at home.

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11 Language and Literacy

Between the ages of 3 and 4, young children's language skills grow allowing them to talk more and become aware of written words. Preschoolers can develop early reading and writing abilities through playing with letters and sounds, engaging with books, and reading together daily. During this time, children also learn about the world while expanding their vocabularies to communicate observations and ideas with others through storytelling and conversation. Simple strategies like reading together, talking about their day, and engaging in pretend play can support literacy development at home.

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Language and Literacy

Between the ages of 3 and 4 young children use their ever-increasing language skills to become
“big talkers” and to develop an awareness of the power of the written word. We can help
preschoolers develop into young readers and writers by playing with letters and their sounds,
promoting dramatic play using characters from books, and by reading a lot of books together.
Through daily experiences, preschoolers will learn more and more about the way things work in
the world and about their place in it. At the same time, they are using their ever-increasing
vocabulary and language skills to share observations, ideas, and imaginary worlds with other children
and adults. Young children can be entertaining storytellers, engaging conversational partners, and frustrating negotiators. During
the preschool years, young children will become aware that the world is filled with letters and may begin to recognize familiar
words. We can support language and literacy development in young children through simple conversations and by reading
together.

To help support language and literacy development at home try some of the following strategies:

• Plan regular times to read with your child and talk together daily about things that interest them.
• Turn everyday experiences such as waiting in lines, doing errands, and riding the bus into conversation starters. By talking
about your child’s ideas, observations, and feelings, you prepare young children for reading and writing about the world.
• Point to the words as you read aloud and talk about the title and author, to help your child learn about the different parts of
the book. This also shows them that reading involves connecting spoken words to printed ones.
• Repeat your child’s words the right way. Instead of correcting grammatical errors, try repeating your child’s words the correct
way. This way, you teach her proper grammar and demonstrate that making mistakes is how we learn.
• Join your child in pretend play. Pretending actually helps children develop language and literacy skills.
• Make up rhymes as you go about your day. Rhyming and other kinds of word play help your child to hear differences
between sounds to understand that words are made up of sounds.
• Draw and write alongside your child. You can encourage your child to write by showing them how you write. When you write,
talk about what you are doing to teach them how we use writing in everything from grocery lists to emails.
• “Excerpt taken from California Department of Education, Preschool Learning Foundations”

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