"The central task of education is to implant a will and facility for learning; it should produce not learned but learning people. The truly human society is a learning society, where grandparents, parents, and children are students together."
- Eric Hoffer

Purpose of this Workshop

This workshop provides an overview of emergent literacy and recommended practices. Tips and strategies are included to help educators and families support their children's early reading and writing development.

Key Terms

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Workshop Objectives

By the end of this workshop, participants should be able to:

understand emergent literacy concepts
know recommended practices to support early literacy
develop activities to help increase children's language and writing skills
know outside resources for early literacy information

For Further Discussion

Participants can use the information in this workshop as a resource for:

helping family members structure the home environment for literacy success
developing tools for family members to use in creating activities for their children
planning classroom environments
including literacy foundations in material planning/budgeting
long range planning and grant funding of classroom facilities
assessing home environments
educating family members, therapists, and educators