Embedding Literacy

I'm packing to facilitate a course of fast and intense game in language and literacy. For this reason, I was involved in a number of think and reflect upon layer of lesson plans for language and literacy and daily routines.

Let me take a moment to share an idea that illustrates how a parent has integrated the language and literacy in your child's day.

I drive through 3 school zones and bus stops on the way to work every morning. I often see parents with their children waiting at bus stops.

A mother and her son (who seems to be 5 or 6 years) used to wait for the bus every day so that you normally see .... the boy was in his backpack, his mother was beside him and stood in a corner waiting for the bus.

In recent weeks, as I have driven by, noticed it now brings a camping chair (one of those canvas chairs that fold flat and fit into a sleeve for you .. can buy them at Wal Mart for about $ 10) and a book to the bus stop.

Now, every morning, his son sitting on his lap while he reads the story to him.

Wow! So maybe they are waiting for 5-10 minutes by bus every day. This means that the child is coming and an additional 25-50 minutes of literacy and language experiences for a week. If you say that the times of 36 weeks during the academic year is between 900-1800 minutes per year (or the extra 15-30 hours).

I think it's so cool! She has found a way to take a "wait" period and has a language and literacy experience.

Sometimes they go crazy trying to figure out when to all "in" This mother has found a way to give your older child literacy and language experiences into a routine that already exists.

How many other ways that teachers or parents even do? I bet the roads are very creative, and the number is incalculable!

Free Early Literacy Activities

This site has recently been divided into k me ready for the supervisor.

It 's a lot of free activities for printing that literacy support for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. These are ideas for parents and a link to another link for teachers. Check it out.

Center for Early Literacy Learning

Interactive Dinosaur Games

Dinosaur Train

Diego Dinosaur Adventure

Dino Dig Fossil

Cheap! Dinosaur Measurement And Science

In today's economy (and, as a frugal and financially wise, at any time!) I'm always interested in the lessons that can be improved in the most economical way possible.

My class was involved in the study of dinosaurs is based on the unit, and last week. It seems to me that there is always an easy way to combine language and literacy in every unit, but sometimes it is more difficult to integrate science and mathematics. Since this unit focuses on dinosaurs, science is not a problem either, but how we can integrate math concepts? Here's an idea that was used.

I found these pictures of dinosaurs in my local dollar tree. (Yes, it cost at least $ 1 for this lesson.)

I told my students that these dinosaurs were bigger when we put them in water. We decided to measure with a ruler, to predict the size we thought it would get, and then measure after.

Because I wanted to concentrate on a couple of math skills have made a big deal to measure the dinosaur. I left my finger on number 4, after which we measured and reminded the children that he should be "greater." I asked them: "How big do you think he is?" In other courses, such as pointing the finger at the top of the ruler (showing them the logical choice around the ruler.) They made predictions I recorded them and then observed. Pictures show what we have so far!

After measuring our dinosaur again tomorrow, we will leave the water and predict what will happen. It will be interesting to see if one of the children to predict which decreased by 4 inches (remember, this is where we begin our first step!)