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Be able to plan activities to support emergent literacy / Be able to lead activities which support emergent literacy

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.

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Tutorial Video
Tutorial Video
Reading Materials

Laser Learning reading text: Planning for emergent literacy
‘Digital technology and the early years’ on the National Literacy Trust website
‘Speech and language support for under 5s’ by Liz Elks and Henrietta McLachlan, published by Eklan
‘Developing handwriting’ by The National Strategies | Early Years

Presentation
Good Practice Example
Good Practice Example
Interactive Quiz
Evidence Opportunities
Extended Learning

Carry out some research at the library or online and begin to create your own resource file of ideas for activities that will support and/or extend children’s emergent literacy.
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’.

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