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It's never too early to help your child learn skills to become a reader. Research shows that children learn skills that get them ready to read years before they start school. You can teach your child important skills now that will help him be a good reader later. Basic components of emergent literacy include:
- Print Motivation: Being interested in and enjoying books.
- Vocabulary : Knowing the name of things.
- Print Awareness: Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book and how to follow words on a page.
- Narrative Skills: Being able to describe things and events and to tell stories.
- Letter Knowledge: Knowing letters are different from each other, knowing their names and sounds, and recognizing letters.
- Phonological Awareness: Being able to hear and play with the smaller sound in words.
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BABY BRAINS
Recent research findings and insights into the human brain make one thing is clear--the first five years of life are critical for brain development. What can you do to promote brain growth? Take a look at some of our carefully selected resources for some ideas.MEDIA GUIDELINES
Media is fun and kids enjoy it. Adults do, too. But there is so much out there it's hard to keep track of and know what to do. The Library has a printable handout with general guidelines for children. Additionally, there are a couple of websites worth looking at that specifically review books, movies, and websites.Common Sense Media
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