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Literacy in the Early Years: What Children Need to Learn and How You Can Help Them Learn It

One of the key ways to prepare young children for school success is to build their emergent literacy skills – the skills required before a child begins to read and write. What are the key emergent literacy skills young children need to learn, and what are some of the research-based ways we can support them?

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New Research Reveals the Power of Pretending

Joint attention and gestures are key skills that allow children to progress with their language development. In fact, they lay the foundation for children’s first words. So, what kind of interactions are best for nurturing these abilities? A new study reveals that Pretend Play is an excellent way for children to practice these important early communication skills.

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Building Early Vocabulary with From Head to Toe

For children who are just starting to talk, book reading provides great opportunities for introducing new words. In this Book Nook post, we share a fun strategy for building early vocabulary – a key emergent literacy skill for preparing young children for school success.

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