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Developmental Review Paper This paper will discuss early literacy development in preschool-age children. As explained in class, literacy refers to the ability to read, write, speak, and listen in a way that allows young children to communicate effectively. Literacy is a children’s capacity to apply numerous methods to learn to read and write and effectively associate and interpret the world in which they live (Wilcox-Herzog, 2015).
In order to master reading and writing activities, children need both phonics-based and whole language approaches. Phonics is the basic rules for translating written symbols into sounds. Phonics teaches children the relationships between the letters of written language and the sounds of spoken language. For …show more content…

While children become exposed to a wide variety of words as they read more, the distribution of words used during early learning may determine how quickly children learn GPC regularities. If children are faced with primarily overlapping words, from tasks like word families or beginner’s books emphasizing rhymes, this may not benefit their acquisition of crucial reading skills to the same extent as a much more variable word list. Teachers should always find a variety of new words to expose children to in order to help them expand their reading …show more content…

Through daily, explicit, and systematic instruction, the project targeted to improve preschoolers’ oral language skills, phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet knowledge that coordinated with the existing curriculum of the local school district. The study included monthly full-day workshops, weekly literacy coaching, and a 4-day summer institute for teachers and assistants. These courses addressed fundamental knowledge about early literacy development, classroom design and instructional strategies, assessment, special needs (developmental delays and English language learning), and family involvement. Child-level outcomes assessing early literacy and language skills included Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, 4th edition—PPVT-IV, Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening—PALS-PreK, and Test of Preschool Early Literacy—TOPEL (Xu et al., 2014). Children’s early language/literacy skills were measured at two time points, once at the beginning of the spring semester and once at the end of the spring semester. Parent/ family involvement elements were also evaluated using multiple instruments for collecting pre- and

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