Friday, March 13, 2009

Books and more



A group of our children are very interested in writing and book making. It’s wonderful to walk around the kindergarten and discover children using all sorts of medium to develop, practice and extend their early literacy skills. Early Literacy is what children know about reading and writing before they actually learn to read and write.

Here is a sample collection of some of the children’s work.


The learning that’s happening:

Print motivation – an enjoyment in books and reading.

Print awareness – developing an understanding about reading and writing. That words are read left to right and top to bottom.

Learning about the parts of a book – cover, title, author, pictures and words.

Narrative skills – being able to understand and tell stories and describe things.

Letter knowledge – letter recognition and developing an understanding of how writing is constructed, letters make up words, words make up stories with meaning and purpose.

2 comments:

  1. hi just looked up manaiakindy blog and i am very keen on u using grasslands blog to reach the wider community. (also tried to add my zoo photos to sydneys page but have forgotten how to do it!)
    Finally sydney is away this week in wanganui but will be back next week

    Thanks
    Tania Neale

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  2. We'll do a retrain if you like, Tania. Let us know when you have some time. Look forward to hearing about Sydney's week.

    Jo

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