Storytime Theme: Writing

It’s time for storytime series! I’m going to be focusing on key areas that parents and caregivers can focus on to build their child’s early literacy skills. These are simple things that parents and caregivers are probably already doing, now you can encourage them to do these practices with purpose!

Every Child Ready to Read @ your library was developed by the association for Library Services to Children (ALSC) and the Public Library Association (PLA),divisions of the American Library Association (ALA) created by researchers, experts , and educators in the field. There are five practices – Talking, Singing, Reading, Writing, and Playing.

I think writing might be the most difficult practice to incorporate with young kids, especially those that aren’t writing letters or words yet. How do you create opportunities to include writing in play time? Well, it’s a little easier than you’d expect! Play with shapes! Shapes are the first stepping stone to writing letters. And let children explore lots of different writing implements and encourage making dots, dashes, squiggles, and more as these are the beginning of writing letters. Check out the lesson plan below for great picture book read alouds, some songs about writing and words, and activities that would work well in a storytime program!

The Colorado Libraries for Early Literacy organization or CLEL created the CLEL Bell Awards to promote great books that help caregivers with these five practices. The winner of the annual award (**) and the shortlist (*) are included in the list below to share at storytime.

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