Emergent Literacy Project 2 Y

Order Description Implement an interest-based emergent literacy project with a small group of children (three-five children in total between the ages of three and five years). 1. Document the children’s interests to determine an appropriate story/picture book to read to the group as the starting point for your project. Consider how you will present and read the story to draw the children’s attention to concepts of literacy. 2. Based on the themes introduced in the book, plan and implement three (3) play-based learning experiences that focus on developing the children’s language and literacy while allowing them to learn more about their topic of interest. These experiences should introduce opportunities for talk, new vocabulary and print materials to encourage emergent literacy (oral, visual and written) understandings in the children. Your experiences should consider early childhood pedagogical practices and be mindful of the role you will play in extending the children’s literacy during implementation of the experiences. 3. During the project, record/document your planning process and the children’s interactions (child:child and adult:child). You can document the children’s experiences and your own decision-making processes through the use of whatever recording method/s you prefer. Some possibilities include learning stories, a diary, photographs and examples of children’s drawing/writing or artefacts. You should note the children’s responses which indicate how the project might contribute to their emergent literacy. A selection of this material should be included as an appendix, and referred to throughout your discussion, as outlined below.