• Semester 2 (Day)
• Semester 2 (External)

Synopsis

This  unit  revolved  around five principles which  research  suggests
enhance  the  emergent literacy of children. These are that:  emerging
literacy  in  embedded in a social context; play is an  ideal  setting
which  allows   young  children  to  practise,  elaborate  and  extend
emergent  literacy; children require frequent experiences in listening
and sharing stories to demonstrate the facilitating power of language;
children require frequent story book readings both as active listeners
and  independent  readers; the modification of play  environments  can
have  an important impact on the literacy behaviour of children. These
principles will  be carefully explored to illustrate the way in  which
effective  strategies can be developed by early educators  to  enhance
the emerging literacy of young children in their centres.