Practice Guides with Adaptations
These guides make it easier for young children with disabilities to participate in early literacy learning activities. Written for both parents and practitioners, the practice guides describe everyday home, community, and childcare learning opportunities that encourage early literacy learning.
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Infants
- Gestures and Signs:
Let Me Tell You What I Want - Marking and Scribbling:
Mark My Word - Sound Awareness:
Making Noise Is a Lot of Fun - Symbols and Signs:
Picture This - Stories and Listening:
Show Me the Funny
Toddlers
- Scribbling and Drawing:
All...Write - Storytelling and Listening:
Book Reading Made Fun for All - Rhymes and Sound Awareness:
Look Who's Talking - Symbols and Letters:
That Sign Means 'Ice Cream' - Talking and Listening:
Speaking Without Words
Preschoolers
- Symbols and Signs:
I See Signs - Book Reading and Storytelling:
It's Story Time - Rhymes and Sound Awareness:
Sounds Good to Me - Talking and Listening:
Talk to Me - Drawing and Writing:
Write On