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Be able to use strategies to plan and lead activities which support emergent literacy

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In this tutorial you will learn:

That leading emergent literacy is essential as an early years practitioner
That emergent literacy can be nurtured and extended in in all activities
That literacy is intrinsically linked across all areas of the EYFS and of children's development

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Click to read ‘Boosting early literacy with musical movement’ by Maria Kay, published on the Teach Early Years website.
Have a discussion with some of your more experienced colleagues about strategies they use for developing emergent literacy. Make notes of strategies used with different ages and developmental stages.
Click on the icon to the left to read this brief research summary from The Open University / CREET (The Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology) ‘Multimodal Literacies in the Early Years’.
Click to read ‘Learning to listen’ by Tim Kahn, published by Teach Early Years.
‘The crucial role of the Early Years practitioner in supporting young writers within a literacy-rich environment’ by the National Strategies.
‘Getting smarter about e-books for children’ by Michael H. Levine, published by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Click to read ‘Digital resources in early childhood literacy development’ by the International Literacy Association.

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