Parenting Tips For Nurturing Early Literacy

It is truly the simple things that are important for nurturing the literacy experience of young toddler children. As young children develop more oral skills, they become more aware of the world around them.
For the hardworking caretaker, this doesn't necessarily mean planning a whole new set of experiences but rather working with our busy routines but rather how to establish opportunities for meaningful interaction.

First, Make Time to Just Let Be You'd be surprised how a forty to sixty minute chunk of sitting with your child either indoors or outdoors is meaningful for interaction.

By making time to just let be, you are communicating an important message: the value of time.
Plus, once you decide to put yourself in a more relaxed state of mind, it's easier to interact.

Watch your little one bring you a game or a book.

As you talk about its cover, let the events of the day simply melt.

Experience the Visual Young children thrive on the oral experiences of the visual. As my son and I walk home from daycare we look at the license plates of the cars. He has associated Florida with an 'orange'. It's a perfect time to also point out the names of the letters and numbers.

The sunset's deep penetrating glow is a perfect opportunity to talk about colors.

Take Advantage of the Other Senses Too Before learning that each experience has a word, young children engage in play.

As parents and caretakers, we need to nurture these experiences inductively.

Through rhyming, dialogues, creative role play, creative play, caretakers and parents provide the vehicle of interaction to enrich a child's oral skills.
The Language Experience Approach Young students need engagement in fun activities.
Start off with a kinesthetic activity.
Young children have a fascination with kitchens.
Perhaps it is because it is a place with a lot of movement and activity. (This is an extra reason to be more cautious) A few minutes of fun play washing hands under the sink is a natural engagement of language.

Modeling experiences is an important part of the language experience.

Say aloud: "Let's wash the cauliflower.

Now, let's make our salad.
" You can liven the experience by turning the sentences into a rhyme or even a song.
In a typical language learning scenario, a learner provides the words and the caregiver exchanges with the learner. It is important to keep in mind that each learner develops at his or her own pace and each child has his/her own process of development.