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Early Literacy & the Pre-Reading Skills

  • Early literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they can read and write.


6 Pre-Reading Skills
Letter Knowledge Knowing letters are different from each other, knowing their names and sounds and recognizing letters everywhere.
Narrative Skills Being able to describe things and events and tell stories.
Phonological Awareness Being able to hear and play with smaller sounds in words.
Print Awareness Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book and knowing how to follow the words on a page.
Print Motivation Being interested in and enjoying books.
Vocabulary Knowing the names of things.

Children model their parents’ and caregivers’ actions and learn through active participation. Activities and crafts can help children learn these pre-reading skills. Check out these pages for ideas:

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