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(Unit 2) Topic 8: Promoting Early Literacy

3 Clock Hour of Early Childhood Education

Narrative Skills and Vocabulary

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Storytime gives children a wealth of literacy exposure by learning new vocabulary, hearing a narration, and being exposed to auditory information.

Storytime is a common occurrence in early childhood programs worldwide and can be supported in the literacy center. Children listen to the stories, learn the meaning of the words and phrases and develop a deeper understanding of the subject matter.

For example, in the story The Little Red Hen children are understanding the pattern and structure of the story as well as the different characters and their roles in the literature. Often after just a few storytime readings of this book children can retell it with great accuracy. Build upon this in the literacy center as much as possible!

Activities to support narrative skills:
Gingerbread Man Slime

http://www.lessons4learners.com/gingerbread-man-slime.html

Activities to support narrative skills:
Where the Wild Things Are Small World

http://www.lessons4learners.com/where-the-wild-things-are-small-world.html

New vocabulary skills can be learned by exercising the use of these words and having repeated exposure to them. Storytime can also assist in vocabulary development, however more must be done to cement the definitions of new words. Using them in everyday conversation, during circle time, and during regular activities and lesson plans are all good choices.

Using the new vocabulary in the literacy centers is another wonderful opportunity to get the practice and mastery of new vocabulary. Simple literacy activities such as matching words to pictures, retelling parts of stories with new vocabulary words, and using the words as parts of games or activities will help the acquisition of new vocabulary concepts.

Activity to support vocabulary acquisition:

Activity: Charlotte’s Web Vocabulary
Ages: 3-6
Materials:

Magnet letters
Construction paper spider webs
Cookie Sheet

Procedure:

Read Charlotte’s Web to your students over the course of several weeks. Throughout the reading process, introduce the Charlotte’s Web Vocabulary activity with words from the book.
Students should spell the words (with prompting from teacher or vocabulary cards) using the provided materials.
Add activities that allow children to label things and learn the names and words for certain items or parts of items. For example, select a small set of words for children to learn and become comfortable with. Choose activities that incorporate the reading, writing, spelling, and recognition of these words.