Every child ready to read @ your library

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Early Literacy 101 Help ChildrenGet Ready to
Read!
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Reading is essential to school success. Start
now to help your childget ready to read.
Learning to read begins before children start
school.
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Children who start kindergarten with good
pre-reading skills have an advantage. They are
ready to learn to read.
Why is it important for children to get ready to
read before they startschool?
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You are your childs first teacher. You know
your child best. Children learn best by doing,
and they love doing things with you.
Why are parents so important in helping their
children get readyto read?
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Six Early Literacy Skills Building the Foundation
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Print Motivation Loving Books
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Vocabulary Words
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Print Awareness Using Books
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Letter Knowledge The ABCs
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Phonological Awareness Playing with Sounds
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Narrative Skills Telling Stories
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Not all skills are equal.
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To become successful readers, children need to
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• Learn a code
• Understand its meaning

What do children need to learn to become good
readers?
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What is decoding?

• Noticing print
• Knowing letter names and sounds
• Hearing the sounds that make up words

What do children need to know before they can
learn to read?
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What is comprehension?

• Knowing what words mean (vocabulary)
• Understanding the meaning of printed language

What do children need to know before they
canlearn to read?
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Five simple practices help children get ready to
read.
Help your child be ready to read with simple
activities every day.
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Talking Children learn about language
by listening to parents talk and joining the
conversation.
Talking helps your childget ready to read.
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Talking Books are wonderfulconversation
starters.
Talking helps your childget ready to read.
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Singing Songs are a natural way to learn about
language.
Singing helps your childget ready to read.
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Reading Reading together with your childrenis
the single most important way tohelp them get
ready to read.
Shared reading is the best way to help your child
getready to read.
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Reading Shared reading developsvocabulary and
comprehension.
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Shared reading is the best way to help your child
getready to read.
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Reading Reading helps children learnless
common words. Talk about the meaning ofwords
as you read.
Shared reading is the best way to help your child
getready to read.
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Writing Reading and writing go together.
Writing helps your childget ready to read.
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Writing
Making Marks
Drawing and Writing
Name Writing
Word Writing
Writing helps your childget ready to read.
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PlayingChildren learn about language through
different kinds of play.
Playing helps your childget ready to read.
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• Playing
• Pretend and dramatic play
• develop language skills.

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Playing helps your childget ready to read.
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• Your library helps children get ready to read.
• Books and music to borrow
• Puzzles
• Crafts, coloring pages
• Storytimes and programs for all ages
• Fun spaces

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Preschoolers and Technology
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Additional Resources for Librarians ORTR
Website http//ohreadytoread.org Ohio Early
Literacy Crosswalk Facebook Ready to Read
Kits Grab and Go Kits Ohio Ready to Read Library
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• Facebook
• Ohio Ready to Read has its own Facebook page!
• Like ORTR to receive notifications and updates
  regarding
• Early learning literacy and libraries
• Early Learning standards
• Program Ideas
• Inspiring stories
• Helpful hints
• And more!
• https//www.facebook.com/OhioReadyToRead

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Ready to Read Kits Dont have enough early
literacy resources or the time to make new ones?
No problem! Borrow a handy Ready to Read Kit for
FREE from Ohio Ready to Read!

• Three kits are available. Each kit contains
• 1 easel
• 3 boxes of flashcards - Letters, Spanish Letters,
  Spanish Everyday Words
• 1 folder of flannel nursery rhymes
• 2 bags of magnetic letters (upper and lowercase)
• 2 puppets
• 1 drum head and 1 drum stick
• 6 board books
• 3-4 paperback books
• 1 big book
• 2-3 CDs
• 1 Every Child Ready To Read _at_ Your Library 2nd
  edition manual (binder)
• 1 Every Child Ready To Read _at_ Your Library 1st
  edition training kit (binder)
• 3 packs of original ECRR brochures (early
  talkers, talkers, pre-readers Red, Blue, Green)
• 1 pack of ECRR 2nd edition brochures
• 1 pack of ECRR 2nd edition bookmarks

http//www.ohreadytoread.org/rtrkits.html
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Grab and Go Templates Support early literacy
throughout the library and in the community with
these simple templates! Grab and Go Literacy
Stations are a great tool for librarians to use
during parent workshops, family events, or
storytimes, or to connect with the community
outside the library.

• Each template package includes
• Printable activity sheets
• A printable station title sheet
• A checklist of supplies

Download the templates for free http//www.ohready
toread.org/grabandgo.htmltemplates
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• Ohio Ready to Read Library
• This is a collection of
• Storytime outlines
• Booklists
• Scripts
• Sample publications
• Links
• And other tools and resources for librarians to
  plan early literacy activities.
• http//www.ohreadytoread.org/library.html

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• Ohio Early Literacy Crosswalk
• The Ohio Early Literacy Crosswalk is meant to
  help librarians and other early-childhood
  professionals understand how the following
  early-literacy frameworks relate to one another
• Every Child Ready to Read 1st edition
• Every Child Ready to Read 2nd edition
• Ohio Department of Education Early Learning and
  Development Standards
• Head Start Child Development Early Learning
  Framework
• http//ohelcrosswalk.wikispaces.com

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