Define emergent literacy and developmental progressions of oral language, early reading, and early writing from (birth-5).
Explain why positive literacy dispositions are essential to children’s long-term engagement and success in reading and writing.
Recognize how materials, routines, relationships, and interactions support emergent literacy (birth-5).
Evaluate a learning environment that promotes communication and supports emergent literacy through play, exploration, inquiry, and meaningful contexts.
Identify examples of play-based literacy experiences that intentionally embed on foundational skills (such as oral language, phonological awareness, print awareness, and early writing).
Analyze children’s literacy development using developmentally appropriate observation, documentation, and assessment practices aligned with learning progression to inform responsive decisions and scaffolds.
Describe developmentally appropriate classroom strategies that allow young children to make choices, express their ideas, and participate in decision making to support autonomy.
Describe strategies that encourage children’s storytelling through multimodal expressions such as speaking, drawing, and dramatic play.
Provide materials that promote functional and purposeful writing throughout the learning environment.
Explain the purpose of observing and documenting children’s literacy development to inform responsive teaching and shared decision-making.
Identify respectful interaction strategies that honor children’s home languages and cultures and support early literacy development.
Communicate in practical ways families can support early literacy in everyday routines.