Foster positive literacy development of young children
Literacy learning benefits young children in reading, writing, grammar, and language development. Adults and teachers play a big in the literacy development of young children through talking with, playing with, and other activities that nurture positive relationships. Children can develop literacy in various ways such as writing tools, books, papers, art materials, sharing messages, and other daily activities (Kucirkova, 2018). Some websites can also help children develop literacy, and this paper will review two websites and how they might be used while working with preschool children.
National Children's Literacy Website- this website is designed to foster literacy development in young children who are in childcare and home settings. In this website, there are resources that children can use to develop literacy skills. This website helps childcare provider, a parent, and teachers to provide pre-school children with literacy skills. One can find literacy tips, story-time tips, and other educational activities that may help foster positive literacy development (Kucirkova, 2018). First, I understand that literacy development entails reading and writing. For that reason, I can use this website to teach pre-school children sounds, reading, pronunciation, and comprehensive strategies that would help them understand what is read and become active readers. Since the website is created by a non-profit organization, I would join this organization and work together in visiting children in home settings. In addition to reading and writing, I would introduce other enjoyable activities to foster more positive connections (Kucirkova, 2018). I understand that enjoyable activities like a play would promote children's emotional and cognitive development. An important point is that home setting can be creative in that both children from poor families and well-up families mingle in this setting, and this means that this program has large effect. This is the best place to spend time with children, to have a one-on-one conversation, read books, create playful activities and participate in other literacy activities.
StoryPlace- This is a website that offers a digital library including free online books, and other online activities for preschool students. While working with preschool children, I would download the app to view the exciting features, and search stories, and other creative content that would promote interaction (Young & Watts, 2007). In this app, it is easier to identify digital books and choose the best titles to foster literacy development. I would also take advantage of this app and introduce children to stories in different languages. In specific, I would help children develop focus and maintain attention through reading stories, voice listening, and additional practices that would help the children remain focused. The StoryPlace also allows the children to identify the children's tale and other interactive stories. I believe that this website will foster literacy development in that children will share real-life stories, listen to fiction stories, share their experiences, among other things (Young & Watts, 2007). Note that as a child care provider, my goal is to foster literacy development and I ensure that the children gain basic skills not only through reading and writing but also through gaining online experience. The Storyplace can be very helpful in that the storybooks will help children find individual titles and classic stories. More important, this site can promote literacy development in that children have the freedom to read aloud the story and in the end, the children will gain a fascinating experience. Learning will also be enjoyable since the site will allow children to see memories, and do analysis.
References
Kucirkova, N. (2018). How and why to read and create children's digital books: A guide for
primary practitioners. UCL Press
Young, P., & Watts, A. B. (2007). Early literacy. Clifton, NY: Thomson/Delmar Learning.
