A Joyful Journey in Literacy

This session addresses how to teach young children the mechanics of reading while ensuring that they are also developing the disposition for reading. A discussion of a literacy continuum provides a developmental sequence that can be used as a road map to guide children on this crucial journey. A review of the "e;windows of opportunity,"e; emerging from early brain development research, offers a timetable for the journey that is consistent with the natural development of auditory and visual discrimination in young children. Participants will leave with a road map, timetable and collection of strategies and activities to help foster children's development of early literacy skills.

( Options: 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 6 hours)