• Semester 3 (External)

Synopsis

This  unit  revolves  around five principles which  research  suggests
enhance  the  emergent literacy of children. These are that:  emerging
literacy  is  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.