The Importance and Impact of Early Literacy Janet McLean

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1 The Imprtance and Impact f Early Literacy Janet McLean When we take time t watch and listen t yung children playing we see Literacy in actin / literacy in the rund and we begin t appreciate the imprtance and impact f early literacy. When we watch and listen t children we see and hear them using all facets f literacy t express and share their ideas - just as we all d. They are : Having cnversatins Telling stries Listening Reading Writing Acting / pretending / making up stries Drawing Painting Building / Cnstructing Hlistically cmbining bdy, mind and feeling Building cmmunities with shared interests When they use these develping skills they reveal a surprisingly extensive and rich knwledge base. What are they ding? Thinking alud talking having cnversatins, telling stries, gssiping, arguing, questining, putting their pint f view Thinking in pictures drawing, painting different examples Cmbining wrds and pictures t tell a mre cmplex stries Sharing their ideas cmmunicatin, cmmunity-building letting each ther knw what they knw, hw they feel, what interests them, finding ut what interests they have in cmmn creating STORY in actin stry play Increasing their knwledge f themselves and their wrld/s Increasing their understanding f hw literacy wrks and hw they can use it Acting as rle mdels fr each ther MCH Cnference, Melburne Exhibitin and Cnventin Centre, Friday 8 February This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

2 The Imprtance and Impact f Early Literacy Janet McLean The rle f adults in early literacy learning is t: Recgnise, appreciate and supprt the intricacy f the way children use early literacy Have cnversatins clarifying meaning, prviding alternative ideas t challenge children s thinking Ask questins Tell stries Listen attentively t tease ut underlying meaning r cmplex ideas that children have but can t quite express Read t children Write fr children (talking writing teams), recrding and transcribing the cncrete thinking f spntaneus play int mre abstract, symblic thinking f the written cmmunicatin Act / pretend / participate in children s stries Share knwledge and teach skills sngs, stries, pems, chants, rhymes Watch build up knwledge f what children knw and what skills they have Prvide pen-ended experiences in which children can explre ideas Write lists, letters, s, stries, diaries, recrds, Accept and use children s wn interests as a starting pint fr learning children are mre actively invlved in learning if they are interested, even passinate abut themes that are challenging fr parents, carers and teachers ppular culture, sprt, superheres, etc In a fair and just sciety - every child shuld have such dynamic early literacy experiences. Thse f us wh wrk directly with families f yung children have a respnsibility t alert parents t the prfund effect that shared play and stry has n children s literacy learning, and n their lives, as they learn t live in knwing, respnsible and caring cmmunities. MCH Cnference, Melburne Exhibitin and Cnventin Centre, Friday 8 February This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

3 The Imprtance and Impact f Early Literacy Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

4 Tessa s Jurney Play and Stry In Early Literacy Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

5 Tessa - 3 / 4 years ld Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

6 Tessa - 3 / 4 years ld Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

7 Tessa years ld Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

8 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007) Tessa years ld

9 Tessa years ld Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

10 ... Janet McLean... MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

11 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

12 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

13 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

14 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference This dcument is 2008 managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

15 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

16 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

17 Janet McLean MCH Services Cnference 2008 This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)

18 Janet McLean Cntact: Ph: This dcument is managed by the Department f Educatin and Early Childhd Develpment, Victria (as f 27 August 2007)