Early Literacy in Action: Phonological Awareness

Presenter: Alyssa Crow, Children’s Librarian

South Branch Library

A Workshop Presented By The Children’s Department

Of The Abilene Public Library

February 12, 2015Abilene, Texas

What Is It?

• The ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words.

Babies…

• Songs

• Rhythms

• Nursery rhymes

Toddlers…

• Sing songs together

• Movement

• Nursery rhymes

• Fingerplays

Preschoolers…

• Songs

• Musical instruments

• Rhymes

• Listening games

• Clap the syllables

School-Age…

• Silly songs

• Moving with rhythm

• Rhymes

• Recitation

• Poetry

• Word picture puzzles

Storytime Elements

• Songs, fingerplays, and rhymes

• Mother Goose rhymes

• Interesting sound combinations

• Audience participation

• Clap the syllables of names and words

Storytime Elements

• Play with words

• Sound games

• Display related books

• Encourage checkout

Possible Storytime Extensions

• Fingerplay and/or flannelboard pieces

• Memory games

• Coloring pages

• Story props

Useful Types of Books

• Poetry

• Mother Goose rhymes

• Books with rhyme, tongue twisters or alliteration

• Books with sounds

• Songs written in a book’s format

Awesome Books

• Some Dogs Do by JezAlborough

• I Ain’t Gonna Paint No More! by Karen Beaumont

• Bark, George by Jules Feiffer

• I Got Two Dogs by John Lithgow

• Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas

• The Itsy Bitsy Spider by IzaTrapani

Craft: Rhyming Dust Bunny

Materials:

• Yarn

• Wiggle eyes

• Felt (cut in ‘u’ shape)

• Small pompom

• Wiggle eyes

• Glue

Directions:

• Wrap yarn around fingers. Cut.

• Tie yarn around middle section.

• Cut all loops. Flatten.

• Glue felt piece to back.

• Glue eyes and pompom to make face.

Craft: First Sounds Spinner

Materials:• Toilet Rolls• Scissors• Markers• Pencil or Hanger (optional)Directions: • Cut 1/3 of roll off.• Choose words.• Write first letter of word on

small part and corresponding letters on large part of roll.

• Spin first letter to make all words with different sounds.

Questions?

Bibliography

Books– Ghoting, Saroj Jadkarni and Pamela Martin-Diaz. Storytime for

Everyone! Chicago: American Library Association Editions, 2013.– Hastings, Kay, Cathy Clemons, and April Montgomery. Daily

Preschool Experiences. Marylnad: Gryphon House, 2008. – Herr, Judy and Yvonne Libby Larson. Creative Resources for the

Early Childhood Classroom. 5th ed. New York: Thompson Delmar Learning, 2009.

– Mayesky, Mary. Creative Activities for Young Children. 8th ed. New York: Thompson Delmar Learning, 2006.

– Schiller, Pam. Bountiful Earth. Maryland: Gryphon House, 2006. – Stoltz, Dorothy, Elaine Czarnecki, and Connie Wilson. Every Child

Ready For School. Chicago: American Library Association Editions, 2013.

Bibliography

Websites – Early Literacy. Zero To Three, 2003.

www.zerotothree.org/BrainWonders– Early Literacy And You: An Overview of Early Literacy.

Library of Virginia. www.earlylit.net– Early Literacy Storytimes. Fairfax County Public Library.

www.fairfaxcounty.gov/library– Every Child Ready To Read.

www.everychildreadytoread.org– Roskos, Kathleen, James Christie, and Donald Richgels. The

Essentials of Early Literacy Instruction. National Association for the Education of Young Children. www.naeyc.org/resources/journal