Name three or more ways that you could literacy rich experiences into a Pre-kindergarten classroom?

Answer 1

Reading, singing and hanging up posters with words.

Answer 2

Label the classroom environment with black and white, bold print labels: chair, light switch, door, table, chalk board, etc.

Use a lot of rebus style items in the classroom routine: a simple, clear daily schedule with print naming the routine components (breakfast, circle, small groups, etc.) and a picture of the kids engaging in that part of the routine; a simple, interactive writing activity such as the daily news, or the lunch menu, and let a child write the "L" or circle an "A."

Use a word wall and add a word or two to it daily. The words should be printed and a picture used to illustrate the word. The words could be vocabulary from a story, the names of the students in the class, or just words that interest the children and apply to what they are interested in. When the children reach the point that they are asking how to spell specific words, encourage them to find it on the word wall so they can copy it.

Print your words for your fingerplays and songs on chart paper and use a pointer to refer to the words.

Make sure there is a wide variety of print styles available for the children to experience every day. Include computer printed materials, book print, and hand printed items (such as your songs and fingerplays). The children need to see different print styles so they will understand that an "a" doesn't always look exactly like this "a."

Answer 3

Here is a portion of ideas ....
Daily Reading.
Encourage children to join in reading by letting them complete rhymes or tell favorite parts of stories. Use the fill-in-the-blank technique: For example, "Old Mother Hubbard went to her ____." This method also can be used with non-rhyming.
Provide repeated readings of stories so children can gain mastery in ideas and language.
Engage the child. "Do you know anyone who acts like that?"
Let children choose stories to be read during story time
Listen attentively when children begin to pretend to "read" aloud from a book.

Activity Ideas to provide literacy enrichment…
Teach sign-language or a foreign language.
Have children make their own dictionaries to collect words for use in activities. This is a long-term project for children.
Encourage scribbling and pretend writing, but provide support and encouragement when children begin forming actual letters and words,
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Read the Room
Provide a print rich environment that provides opportunities for children to see the importance and value of the written language.
Everything should be labeled.
Have big books available for single or partner reading.
Puzzles: Alphabet puzzles and word puzzles.
Alphabet stamps -- Upper and lower case - 1-inch grid paper for Sequencing.
Magnetic letters and magnetic boards.
Make a name card for each student with name and picture and add a magnetic strip to the back.

Listening Center
Books and tapes - If you don't have a tape for a big book or familiar book-make one.

Dramatic Play
Create stimulating dramatic play centers in the classroom. Ensure that the classroom has "special materials and play to encourage and appeal to their interests" Some examples of centers are: art center, music center, puppets, science center, home center, doctor's office, or other real-world play areas

Provide literacy materials in their dramatic play.
In a block area: maps and labeled photos of buildings and construction sites.
In a woodworking area, provide tool catalogs, home improvement magazines, picture reference books about building.
In a home area, provide food packaging, menus, and appliance instructions.
In an office area, provide plane tickets, travel brochures, and computer keyboards.
In a drugstore area, provide magazines and books, play money, checkbooks, paper bags for prescriptions, labels for bottles, empty medicine boxes, and prescription pads.
In a store area, provide checkbooks and play money.

Have staff take part in the dramatic play to model ways of using literacy materials and show children ways of dramatizing.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

games, cooking, singing, morning groups, one on one time with teacher and student, don't just read a book let the children act out the book, when its nice out plan a trip to collect outside items and make a big poster of all the items, music that has alot of movement to it so you can dance .

Answer 6

many ways... Art have the children draw pictures and then have them tell you abouut the picture and take dictation about the picture....Science make graphs and label everything.....Dramtic Play have menus for the children to read..... Block make letters with the blocks.....Provide pens and pencils at all times...Have the children write books for the classroom .

Answer 7

Telling them short stories about books, or any other topics. Making them make stories.
Showing pictures or illustrations from books and describe what the see on them

Answer 8

Reading words of children's songs
Counting with flash cards of numbers to songs.
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