Don't forget to leave us a review! Today, we are talking about maybe the most common and comfortable curriculum area: literacy centers. While this seems very straightforward, we wanted to break it down more so we can better focus our energies and not go into the ‘push-down curriculum' zone.
We had SO much to cover that we had to split this episode into two parts! In part one, we go over the NAEYC's position statement and then we tackle the continuum of reading and writing development.
Spencer shouts out the Planet Word Museum in DC ( https://planetwordmuseum.org/ ) and we play a super nerdy but super cool game where we try to guess the definition of some of the top rarest words! Do you know them?
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https://www.amazon.com/Pterodactyl-Worst-Alphabet-Book-Ever/dp/1492674311/ref=pd_bxgy_img_1/131-0869157-7909015?pd_rd_w=InNfq&pf_rd_p=6b3eefea-7b16-43e9-bc45-2e332cbf99da&pf_rd_r=4NAZFYEWMJWS17ZPNHN3&pd_rd_r=0cb2ff6a-b1fc-44a6-ac33-d491d6728729&pd_rd_wg=nhrL6&pd_rd_i=1492674311&psc=1
https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/everyday-steps-reading-and-writing
http://literacy.nationaldb.org/index.php/literacy-development-continuum/
https://www.naeyc.org/resources/pubs/yc/nov2017/emergent-writing
https://www.naeyc.org/our-work/families/read-together-support-early-literacy
http://monocolibraries.org/files/6%20early%20literacy%20skills.pdf
https://www.readingrockets.org/article/early-literacy-policy-and-practice-preschool-years