Supporting Early Literacy in Natural Environments

Activities for Caregivers and Young Children in English and Spanish

These materials include forty-six home and community activities for adults and children that encourage early language and literacy development in young children.  They are appropriate for children with disabilities as well as children who are developing typically.

Each of the forty-six activities includes three pages: 1)  An activity description, 2)  Hints for making the activity fun and developmentally appropriate, and 3)  A brief self-evaluation form that cues parents and other caregivers to notice their children’s skills, and also cue adults to examine and grow their own interactions with children.

The materials are specifically designed to address the three key skills of 1) language development, 2) phonological awareness, and 3) general print awareness.

Learning in Natural Environments
Temprana En AmbientesNaturales

Early Literacy Level 1 English

Espanol

Conversations

Conversaciones

Talking About Food

Hablando acercade los alimentos

Talking About the Past

Hablando acercade lo quesucedió en el pasado

Talking About Things Outside

Hablando de las cosas del ambiente exterior

Talking About TV Shows

Hablando acercade los programas de televisión

Talking About What Happens Next

Hablando acercade lo que pasará después

Looking at Books

Observando los libros

Learning About Book Covers

Aprendiendo acercade las porta das de los libros

Learning About How to Use Books

Aprendiendo cómo usar los libros

Looking At Pictures In Books

Observando los dibujos en un libro

Showing Your Child How to Read

Enseñándo a su niña/o cómo leer

Making Books

Haciendo libros

Making a Book

Haciendo un libro

Making a Picture Book

Haciendo un álbum de fotografías

Making a Touch Book

Haciendo un libro con diferentes texturas

Talking About a Story

 Hablando acercade un cuento

Music and Songs

La música y las canciones

Doing Things With Music

Haciendo cosas con música

Listening to Different Sounds

Escuchando diferentes sonidos

Listening to Music

Escuchando música

Making Up Silly Songs

Inventando canciones chistosas

Singing Songs

Cantando canciones

Early Literacy Level 2 English

Espanol

Learning About Rhyming

Aprendiendo Acercade Rimas

Having Fun With Rhyming

Divirtiéndo se haciendo rimas

Rhyming Words

Palabras que riman

Using Letters to Rhyme

Usando letras para hacer rimas

Names, Letters and Signs

Nombres, letrasy letreros

Discovering Print

Descubriendo palabras es critas

Learning My Name

Aprendiendo mi nombre

Making Signs

Haciendo letreros

Many Ways to Write

Muchas maneras de escribir

Seeing First Words

Observando las primeras palabras

Writing With Magnetic Letters

Escribiendo con letras de imán

Playing With Sounds and Rhymes

Jugando Con Sonidos Y Rimas

Learning About Rhyming

Aprendiendo acercade las rimas

Playing With Sounds

Jugando con los sonidos

Talking About Nursery Rhymes

Hablando acercade la poesía infantil

Talking About Words

Hablando acercade las palabras

Inventing Stories

Inventando Cuentos

Keeping a Diary

Llevando un diario

Keeping a Diary With Words

Llevando un diario con palabras

Keeping Drawings

Guardando dibujos

Making Up a Story

Inventando un cuento

Many Ways to Draw

Muchas maneras de dibujar

Writing Words

Escribiendo palabras

Early Math

Measurement

How to Learn About Measurement

Measuring Things

Numbers and Quantities

How Many

How to Learn About Numbers

More With Numbers

Numbers Are Everywhere

Pre-Math

How Big

Sorting

Spatial Concepts

Exploring Patterns

How to Learn About Shapes and Space

Learning About Shapes

Making Maps

Where is ...