Emerging Literacy

 
 Take a look at the emerging literacy skills that we have been observing in the classroom! This interest is ubiquitous- we see it throughout the morning, in multiple parts of the classroom, with a variety of materials.


One morning the bananagram tiles were introduced. Cris and I had noticed how interested the Rainbow Roomers were with letters. We decided to provide letter-based provocations to support this interest. In this way the environment is the "third teacher", allowing for investigation and experimentation to promote learning. (The children and teachers compose the other two parts of the learning equation).





The first words that children enjoy spelling are their own names. Naturally the Rainbow Roomers were interested in spelling their names, but this process was challenging for many of the children. Hmmmm...where can you find a copy of your name? Cris asked. The symbols! As a result, many children throughout the morning obtained their symbols and dug through the tiles to spell out their names.






 


















On a different day, the bananagrams were available in the other classroom. Here the children used them more for lining up and creative arrangement.

Here the girls are choosing specific letters to place on the tray.

















Sometimes letters are formed out of various materials. Here the first letter of this child's name was arranged with the unit blocks. She then turned it into an abstact arrangement by adding additional pieces around it.

Over time, other names/words of  value become the next learning opportunity. This child wrote out the letters to his favorite superhero, then located the corresponding tiles.
 

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