Training Guides for the Head Start Learning Community:
Emerging Literacy: Linking Social Competence to Learning


| Contents | Preface | Introduction | Module 1 | Module 2 | Module 3 | Module 4 |
| Professional Development | Resources | Training Guides |


Handouts


Module 1: Emerging Literacy: Supporting a Natural Process

Handout 1: How and Why Children Use Language Skills
Handout 2: Emerging Literacy--An Ongoing Process
Handout 3: Observation Summary
Handout 4: Magical Memories
Handout 5: Encouraging Children's Language Development
Handout 6: Creating a Language Album


Module 2: From Cooing to Talking: Partners in Education

Handout 7: Talking, Playing, Teaching, and Learning
Handout 8: Encouraging Children's Communication
Handout 9: Teaching Roles (for trainer only)
Handout 10: Observing Language Skills
Handout 11: Overcoming Challenges to Conversations
Handout 12: Practicing the Conversation Game


Module 3: The Magic World of Reading: Opening Doors for Children

Handout 13: What Makes a Good Book Good?
Handout 14: Book Inventory
Handout 15: Checklist for Reading Aloud to Preschoolers
Handout 16: Portrait of an Emergent Reader
Handout 17: Responding to an Emergent Reader
Handout 18: Open-Ended Questions for Reading Aloud


Module 4: Setting the Stage for Literacy Explorations

Handout 19: Creating a Literacy Environment
Handout 20: Setting Up a Library Area
Handout 21: Setting Up a Writing Area
Handout 22: Encouraging Literacy in All Interest Areas
Handout 23: Using Print in the Environment
Handout 24: Helping Your Child Become a Reader
Handout 25: Planning Literacy Experiences
Handout 26: Children Learn about Writing
Handout 27: Emerging Literacy Planning Web

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