This Month's Highlight from the Field

Partnerships for Literacy

Sunrise Educational Center - Early Reading First

Previous Months' Highlights

Enhancing Children's Early Literacy Development

Children’s Museum Experiences: Enhancing Literacy Development

Valhalla Elementary School - Principal Marie Verhaar

Head Start Youth Mentoring Initiative

A Supported Exploration Project

Dialogue Journals

A Family Child Care Provider Extends Storybook Reading with Children

Opportunities for Literacy

A Look at Family Literacy

Reflections from 2004 Summer Symposium- Exploring a Pedagogy of Listening & Relationships: Workshop Series

Men and Literacy: A Father's Influence

Spatial Memory

Weaving culture and pride into activities improves learning outcomes for Native American children

Hula as a Literacy Experience for Young Children

Journaling Project Enhances Literacy Development and Builds Social Skills and Classroom Community

The Recycle Game

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Highlights from the Field include stories of how every day people just like you are enhancing the literacy development of children ages birth through seven. Visit here often to see articles and pictures sharing:

• What a “literacy rich” environment looks like
• How parents are learning more about their important role in their child's development
• What it looks like when a child is ready for the next step in learning to read and write
• When is the right time to use more direct techniques
• How programs bring the culture of each child into the classroom
• Ways that teachers create opportunities to enhance literacy development inside and outside