Author: WOCREF

Play is one of the main ways young children learn about the world. General knowledge is an important literacy skill that helps children
understand books and stories
once they begin to read.

Playing helps children learn all of the six early literacy skills: letter knowledge, phonological awareness, narrative skills, print awareness, print motivation and vocabulary.

This project funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio

Reading together, or shared reading, remains the single most effective way to help children
become better readers.

Reading helps children learn all of the six pre-literacy skills: print awareness, print motivation, letter knowledge, narrative skills, phonological awareness, and vocabulary.

This project funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio

Singing, which also includes rhyming, increases children’s understanding and observance of the sounds in words. This helps children to
translate print (written language).

Singing helps children learn three of the six early literacy skills: letter knowledge, phonological awareness, and vocabulary.

This project funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio

Talking with children helps them learn oral language, one of the most
important early literacy skills. The experience of self-expression also stimulates brain development, which is the foundation for all learning.

Talking helps children learn all of the six early literacy skills: print awareness, print motivation, letter knowledge, narrative skills, phonological awareness, and vocabulary.

This project funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio

Writing and reading go
together. Writing helps
children learn that letters and words stand for sounds and that print has meaning.

Writing helps children learn all of the six early literacy skills: letter knowledge, phonological awareness, narrative skills, print awareness, print motivation and vocabulary.

This project funded in part through an Institute of Museum and Library
Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio