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Canadian Children Care Federation Press release ...
Language and Literacy: From Birth... For Life
The Language and Literacy: From Birth... For Life multimedia resource kit provides evidence-based tools to help child care practitioners support young children in their lifelong journey of literacy. The kit is comprised of a summary of current research on language and literacy development in young children, resource sheets, a poster and a CD-rom featuring workshops, interviews and video clips of effective practice techniques.
15,000 copies of the kit were distributed for free to child care practitioners across Canada. Portions of the resource kit are available free by clicking on the links below:
- Introduction to Language and Literacy: From Birth... For Life
- Resource Sheet 1: Introducing David: One child's journey toward language and literacy
- Resource Sheet 2: How David's child care practitioner encourages language and literacy
- Resource Sheet 3: Child care knowledge at work: How Beth observes and records David's progress
- Resource Sheet 4: How David's parents encourage language and literacy
- Resource Sheet 5: Learning a new language at home: How Rose teaches David to speak is traditional language, and Beth incorporates David's culture into her child care day
- Resource Sheet 6: Learning a second language while in child care: How Beth encourages and supports Hamid and his parents
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Research Paper
Until recently, experts believed that children begin to develop language and literacy skills in the fi rst years of school, and that teachers play the primary role in fostering these skills. However, current research has revealed that a great deal of language and literacy learning takes place before children enter school. This has highlighted the importance of parents and other caregivers in planting the seeds for language and literacy development. In Canada, where over half of all children ages 6 months to 5 years receive some form of non-parental child care (Bushnik, 2006), early learning and child care (ELCC) practitioners play a key role in promoting children’s language and literacy development.
Produced jointly by the Canadian Child Care Federation and the Canadian Language and Literacy Research Networks.
Additional FREE resources from the Canadian Child Care Federation ...
Preparing Children to Meet Challenges 08Fall en.pdf (208.1 KB)
Preparing Children to Meet Challenges
Ways that families and child care practitioners can work together to enhance children’s resilience and problem-solving skills.
Cultural Identity Workshop 08Fall en.pdf (167.7 KB)
Cultural Identity
Following an introductory demonstration, this workshop draws on two short stories to illustrate positive cultural identity. The facilitator debriefs the stories and presents some theory, then participants divide into groups to apply the theory to various scenarios. Once the small groups have presented their discussion and answers, the group brainstorms things they could do, as parents and/or practitioners, to support children in building strong cultural identities.
Self-Esteem Workshop 08Fen.pdf (178.7 KB)
Practitioners and Families Together: Self-Esteem
This 90 minute workshop is built around two activities: the first helps to illustrate the nature of self-esteem while the second addresses ways to support self-esteem.
Building_Partnerships_to_Support_Language&Literacy_Skills.pdf (1999.5 KB)
Building Partnerships to Support Language and Early Literacy Skills
Ways that families and child care practitioners can work together to enhance children’s language development and early literacy skills.
Positive_Behaviour_Workshop_final.pdf (1333.4 KB)
Supporting Children's Positive Behaviour: Practitioners and Families Together
Finding ways for practitioners and families to work together to support children in developing positive social behaviours, particularly when the behaviours are challenging
Building_Partnerships_with_Families.pdf (1323 KB)
Building Partnerships with Families
Ways that child care practitioners can strengthen their partnerships with families with the aim of supporting children's well-being
Parent_Partnership_Workshop-final.pdf (2502.8 KB)
Families Building Partnerships with Practitioners
Ways that parents and other family members can strengthen their partrnerships with child care practitioners in order to enhance their children's social well-being