Unlock the power of play and transform your literacy lessons into powerful, playful learning adventures! In this session, designed specifically for Pre-K teachers, discover purposeful play-based games that make foundational skills like letter recognition, phonemic and phonological awareness, and early writing skills engaging, exciting, and achievable for little learners. From creating oversized letter hunts on butcher paper to illuminating early writing skills at the light table, you’ll uncover research-backed, developmentally appropriate literacy activities that are simple to implement and highly impactful for student success! We’ll also dive into small group differentiation strategies for personalized learning and quick transition-time games that keep your little learners moving and engaged all day long. This session will have you energized, playing, and learning—just like your students! Leave with a pocketful of ideas to take your literacy instruction to the next level!
Begins to blend and segment syllables in multisyllabic words.
Identifies rhyming words.
Alphabetic Knowledge:
Recognizes and names at least 20 letters, upper- or lower-case.
Recognizes at least 20 distinct letter-sound correspondences.
Produces at least 20 distinct letter-sound correspondences.
Conventions in Writing:
Writes first name (or nickname) using legible letters in the correct
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Fountas, I. & Pinnell, G. (2011). Literacy Beginnings: A Prekindergarten Handbook.
Moomaw, S. & Hieronymus, B. (2020). More Than Letters, Standards Edition: Literacy Activities for Preschool, Kindergarten, and First Grade.
Paulson, L. & Moats, L. (2019). LETRS for Early Childhood Educators.
Teaching Young Children. (2015). Learning About Language and Literacy in Preschool (The Preschool Teacher's Library of Playful Practice Set).