Introduction: The success of a literacy program depends on how well it is planned, organized, implemented and managed. This assignment will focus on planning experiences for children at each stage of literacy development with adaptations for all children with consideration of community resources.
The Assignment:
Choose two picture books(One Toddler Book and One Preschool Book). For this key assessment, you will design an instructional activity to use with each of the books that is developmentally appropriate for toddlers and preschoolers. When creating your activity plans focus on the NCFELDS domain: Language Development and Communication. In each activity, reference all three different subdomains: Learning to Communicate, Foundations in Reading, Foundations in writing, at least two goals from each subdomain, and at least 2 developmental indicators from each goal from Language Development and Communication (LDC) in North Carolina Foundations for Early Learning and Development that support each of your books.
The activities MUST be developmentally appropriate and encourage active exploration of materials and ideas. For the most part, the children should be able to do the activity with minimal guidance from their teachers, although teachers should interact with children, asking questions to encourage exploration, curiosity, problem solving, language development and deeper thinking. Dittos/coloring sheets, flash cards, product oriented projects, etc. will not be considered developmentally appropriate activities. The activities should be open-ended, encourage exploration, discovery, creativity and allow the children to build their own knowledge. These should also be planned for individual or small groups of children.
