Practices Guides for Practitioners
These guides can be used by early childhood educators, child care providers, early interventionists, and otherearly childhood practitioners for promoting infants, toddlers, and preschoolers literacy learning using interest-based
and highly engaging activities.
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Infants
Literacy Rich Experiences
Literacy-Rich Classroom and Community Activities
Literacy-Rich Word Activities
Literacy-Rich Outings
Literacy-Rich Home Activities
PDF Collection of the 4 Practice Guides above. (2.5MB)
Alphabet Exposure
Alphabet Block Play
Print Awareness & Reading
First Picture Books
First Word Books
Repeated Storytelling
Touch-and-Feel Books
ABC Books for Beginners
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (2.7MB)
Pre-Emergent Writing
Let Little Fingers Do the Drawing
Infant Scribbling Activities
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1.2MB)
Sound Awareness
Infant Lap Games
More Infant Lap Games
Games Babies Play
Diaper-Changing Games
Infant Nursery Rhymes and Fingerplays
Nursery Rhymes for Play and Learning
Everyday Infant Fingerplays
Infant Nursery Rhymes
PDF Collection of the 8 Practice Guides above. (4MB)
Vocalizing and Listening
Infant Cooing Activities
Infant Babbling Activities
Animal Sound Games
Talking Pointers
Mealtime Conversations
Child-Directed Speech Dictionary
PDF Collection of the 6 Practice Guides above. (4MB)
Nonverbal Communication and Signing
Infant Gestures
Joint Attention Activities
Sign Language Activities
Infant Sign Language Dictionary
PDF Collection of the 4 Practice Guides above. (2.9MB)
Toddlers
Literacy Rich Experiences
World of Learning
Words All Around Us
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1.2MB)
Alphabet Awareness
The Look of Letters
Learning Letters
B is for Book
Letters and Symbols Are Everywhere
Exploring Magazines and Catalogs
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (3.4MB)
Storytelling and Listening
Creating Young Storytellers
A Picture Book for Learning
Reading Together Out Loud
Picture Book Fun
Letters and Books
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (2.4MB)
Emergent Writing
Writing Through Art
Writing the World
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1.2MB)
Sound and Phonemic Awareness
Fingerplays and Rhymes with a Punch
Action Rhymes
Rhyming Games for Toddlers
Sounds Good
Sound Ideas
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (3MB)
Talking and Listening
One at a Time
Hear This
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1.2MB)
Nonverbal Communication and Signing
Simple Signing
Preschoolers
Literacy Rich Experiences
A Place for Writing
Keyboarding with Kids
Words Everywhere
PDF Collection of the 3 Practice Guides above. (1.5MB)
Alphabet Knowledge
Fun with Letters
Sounds of Letters
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1MB)
Reading and Print Awareness
Read and Repeat
Tales for Talking
One for the Books
PDF Collection of the 3 Practice Guides above. (1.6MB)
Invented Spelling and Writing
Starting Write
Author! Author!
You've Got Mail
PDF Collection of the 3 Practice Guides above. (1.6MB)
Phonological Awareness
The First Letter Is...
Sound Advice
PDF Collection of the 2 Practice Guides above. (1.6MB)
Talking and Listening
Listen to Me
Talk Is Fun
Talk It Up
PDF Collection of the 3 Practice Guides above. (1MB)
Signing
Sing and Sign
