Literacy and Parents ASHA 2006

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Literacy and ParentsASHA- 2006

• Terri A. Lawler, MSP, CCC-SLP
• TerriLawler_at_berkeley.k12.sc.us
• Earleen Orr, MS
• Orre_at_berkeley.k12.sc.us
• Berkeley County Schools
• Goose Creek, SC

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Identification Process

• The majority of the students are identified
  through Child Find
• Other students may come through the Transition
  process between Baby Net and the school district

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Rationale

• Important to have good collaboration between the
  SLP and the Preschool Itinerant (PI) teacher.
• The SLP and the PI use the same curriculum.
• Objectives are addressed 4 times a week versus 2
  times.

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Units Developed

• Each month pick 1-2 topics
• Choose a target book, vocabulary, finger plays
  and nursery rhymes
• The SLP and PI use the same vocabulary, concepts,
  books, songs and nursery rhymes
• Some examples pets, spiders pumpkins, food,
  clothes and weather

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Materials Utilized

• Language objects representing the vocabulary
  items, pictures, books, flannel board pieces
• Fine Motor lacing, scissors, paper, stickers,
  stringing beads, clothes pins
• Cognitive objects, color wheels, magnetic
  shapes, thematic stickers

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Types of Activities

• Language book-making, matching pictures/objects,
  answering questions, labeling, positional
  concepts with objects
• Fine Motor cutting, drawing, lacing, stringing,
  gluing
• Cognitive counting objects and stickers, match
  name colors, match name shapes

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Unit Example

• Unit Theme Farm Animals
• Target Book The Big Red Barn
• Materials book, pictures of farm animals, toy
  farm animals, toy farm, color wheels, lacing
  and cutting materials
• Language Activities label pictures, answer
  questions about story, retell story using story
  cards, do Position sheets, match Mama/Baby
  animals, make a Farmer, Farmer who do you feed?
  book , learn Baa Baa Black Sheep nursery rhyme,
  work on spatial concepts using the farm animals
  and farm items (in front of the wagon, behind the
  fence)

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Unit Example

• Fine Motor Activities lacing, cutting on lines,
  cut and glue various items
• Cognitive Activities name colored corn pieces,
  count spots on cow, match colored clothes pins,
  sort big/little animals, sort colored animals

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Sources of Other Materials

• Books with lots of pictures and few words and
  repetitive language work best
• Scholastic , Barnes and Noble examples I Was
  Walking, Today Is Monday, Winter Is Here, The Big
  Red Barn, Mouses first Christmas
• Teacher-made books for concepts
• Programs used Picture This, Print Master

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Parent Involvement

• A newsletter is sent home each month with the
  unit of the month, vocabulary pictures, nursery
  rhymes/songs and a cut-out to use for spatial
  concepts
• A copy of the target book is sent home for a few
  days
• Teacher-made positional books are also sent home
  for a few days

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Parent Workshops

• Three workshops are held with the parents
• Introduction explanation of the program,
  community resources, literacy tips
• Make N Take parents make a book to take home
• Preparation explain the Child Development
  program, suggestions for summer

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Reward Program

• Parents fill out a Reading Log to keep track of
  books read to the child
• Students receive rewards for having books read to
  them stickers, finger puppets, etc.
• Parents receive a book purchased for their child
  at the end of the year for participating in the
  program

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Resources

• Publications by the Dept. of Ed. A Child Becomes
  a Reader, Put Reading First, Helping Your
  Preschool Child, and Helping Your Child Become a
  Reader www.edpubs.org