Course Details

LITERACY PLAY

Course ID 77062

Appelbaum Training Institute

(800) 232-4453

Description

Organized by themes commonly used throughout preschool classrooms, Literacy Play provides a creative and effective way to teach literacy skills to young children. Each of the dramatic play areas included in Literacy Play has spotlight words, literacy objectives, materials, props, open-ended questions and extension activities, and literacy resources.

6.00 Hours

Course Level

Formal

General Continuing Education

Course Category

Early Childhood

Appelbaum Training Institute
Formal Approved

(2 Hours)

CDA Content Areas

Planning a safe, healthy, learning environment (2 Hours)
Positive ways to support children's social and emotional development (4 Hours)

Infant Mental Health Core Competency Areas

Family Child Care Home Provider

Child Care Center Staff

Head Start/Early Head Start

Toddlers (13-24 months)

Two's (25-36 months)

Preschooler 3's (37-48 months)

Preschool 4's and 5's (49-72 months)

Goals and Objectives

help children increase their vocabulary and communicate with their peers with the following dramatic play areas:
nature (fishing, beach, picnic, camping)
transportation (traffic, airplanes, trains)
home (car wash, hair care, birthday party, baking day)
occupations (detective, veterinarian, dentist, banker, cowboys and cowgirls)
science (gardener, space, chemist, rock hound)
literacy (newspaper, post office, library, school, nursery rhymes)
performers (dance studio, art gallery, olympics, theater)
stores (pizza parlor, shoe store, restaurant, ice cream parlor)

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