Early Literacy: Birth to Six -

At Home and On-the-Go Activities and Resources

Infants, toddlers and preschoolers develop oral language and pre-literacy skills everyday that will help them become readers. It’s an exciting and critical time of learning!

Below you can find videos, web resources, and other activities to help facilitate learning to meet important milestones for preschool-aged and school aged children.

Baby Sign Language

Baby signing can be used to bridge communication gaps with spoken language in the early years. By incorporating some of these simple signs into everyday life you can help build language skills and fine motor skills. Videos created by Patty Shukla.

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Educational Songs

These songs are designed for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten, first grade and second grade children using nursery rhymes and other musical styles to help them better understand reading, math, social skills, behavior, and more with Jack Hartmann.

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Phonics Videos

Each video introduces seven words that start with the same letter. This is a great way to start building foundational skills to start reading. Sound it out, sing and sign with Patty Shukla in these videos.

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Print Awareness

Print awareness is a component of reading and writing that can more easily be skipped over. Instead our focus is placed on the alphabet, spelling, or phonemes. Print Awareness is just as important at these other skills in building a strong foundation for your child.

Below are a few resources to help you understand what Print Awareness is and how to include it into your everyday routine.

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Rhyming

Children love to play with words and the smaller sounds in words. By repeating words and making up new words they are developing an early literacy skill called phonological awareness. Recognizing when words rhyme and hearing those beginning sounds of words are parts of this skill set.

Below are a few resources to help you include Rhyming into your everyday routine.

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