Early LiteracyClick on the following to learn about Early Literacy:
Books for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Crafts & Activities to Build Early Literacy Skills
You provide opportunities for learning through everyday experiences with your child- including talking, reading, singing, writing and playing. Mindful interactions through these experiences help your child develop knowledge about reading, writing and learning. Your child’s knowledge about the world will also expand the more you read, talk, sing, write and play together. There are a variety of early literacy skills you can help your child develop, including vocabulary, letter knowledge, print awareness, print motivation, phonological awareness and narrative skills.
Shower your child with love, positive language and attention to foster his or her learning. Your child needs to feel the safety you offer through caring interactions in order to develop early literacy skills at home before attending school. Practicing Early Literacy is easy and fun and it doesn't cost any money.
Watch a short Early Literacy Skills Video at Worthington Public Libraries to learn more about the six early literacy skills listed above.
To find out more about Early Literacy and how to develop early literacy skills with your child, click on the following to view a brochure with fun ideas to try with your child:
Early Literacy for Preschoolers
Books for Babies, Toddlers & Preschoolers
Reading is one of the best ways to build early literacy skills with your child.
Here are some book lists to help you choose books for your baby, toddler or preschooler. Contact the library or speak to a librarian for assistance and more great suggestions.
Crafts & Activities to Build Early Literacy Skills
These crafts and activities are a great way to promote early literacy skills with your kids. Through crafts kids will develop fine motor skills and the coordination necessary to learn how to write later on when in school. Make your home a literacy rich environment by using supplies you may already have on hand to make these fun activities to do with your child. Support your child's learning for a lifetime when you begin to sing, talk, read, play and write together today.
Crafts & Activities coming soon!
Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy (CLEL)
Audio & Video Clips of Rhymes, Songs and Fingerplays at Worthington Libraries
