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Early Literacy for Infants and Toddlers
Literacy Development
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The early years are crucial in launching children's literacy development.

The early years in a child's life are profoundly important. The social, emotional, physical, linguistic, and cognitive experiences a child has during this time lay the foundation for a lifetime of learning.  

Literacy development begins well before formal schooling; indeed, it begins at birth as children begin to communicate through nonverbal gestures, learn and use language, are exposed to print and to the world, and build understandings of self and others.

Experiences children have in their early years lay the groundwork for future learning. Early experiences have long-lasting effects and profoundly influence children’s trajectories as literacy learners.
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“To choose books for a baby or toddler, we need to know about what the child can do” .
-Judith A. Schickedanz, 
Much More Than the ABCs


Young learners are both similar to and different from older learners.

Learners of all ages need stimulating environments that allow for active exploration and investigation. They need challenges that foster new learning, opportunities to achieve, and choices that reflect and expand their interests. They need engaging learning experiences that connect to the worlds they know while enriching and extending those worlds. They also need consistency in both the physical environment and in the adults who care for them. It is important that their worlds are predictable while at the same time varied enough to allow for unique experiences that foster learning and development. 

Young learners are different from older learners in that they are more dependent upon adults to provide opportunities and guidance in the variety of domains of learning and development. Adults who work with infants, toddlers, and preschoolers must be exceptionally attentive and supportive as young children learn to regulate their behavior, communicate their needs, interact with others, and make choices.

Young learners also need many opportunities to engage freely in self-directed activities, work individually and in small groups, and build close and positive relationships with nurturing adults. Also particularly important for young children is the opportunity to engage in imaginative and sociodramatic play. Those who work with young children must provide sustained time for both free and guided play, recognize adults’ roles in play (including responding to what a child initiates and extending and elaborating on the child’s play), and understand the intellectual, social, and emotional value of play. 

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Language is the foundation of literacy. 

Its development is fundamental to success in reading and writing. Experiences beginning in the first years of life that promote the acquisition of vocabulary, varied and complex sentence structures, and extended discourse are crucial; each of these plays an increasingly important role in long-term literacy development.

Infants, toddlers, and preschoolers need thoughtful and rich exposure to and experiences with language by attentive and responsive adults. They need ample opportunities to engage with varied forms of language as they participate in conversations, read-alouds, and meaningful content experiences. Furthermore, children flourish when provided with opportunities to use language—saying, signing, or using touch screens—to tell, question, learn, think, and imagine. 



Language interactions throughout the day are essential for literacy development.  They allow children to:
  • express needs
  • communicate feelings
  • share personal stories
  • explain understandings
  • interact with novel and familiar materials
  • participate in spontaneous and dramatic play


Especially important are opportunities to engage in extended conversations in which multiple conversational turns are taken. A critical role of adults is to thoughtfully interact with children, express interest in children’s verbalizations, and expand and elaborate on their language, adding details or more complex sentence structures to children’s verbalizations. Furthermore, adults should provide experiences and instruction that increase children’s vocabularies.

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      • Art and Sensory Experiences for Infants and Toddlers
      • Art Integration
      • Back to School Transition Tools
      • Basic Sign Language in the Classroom
      • Basic Signs for Babies and Toddlers
      • Beyond the Classroom: Engaging Families
      • Block Play for Infants and Toddlers
      • Bright Minds ​STEM Play for ​Infants and Toddlers
      • Building Community Through Circle Time
    • C-D >
      • Chicka Chicka Boom Boom in the Classroom
      • Child Abuse and Mandated Reporting in Washington
      • Children and Nature
      • Classifying and Sorting
      • Cooking Up Fun
      • Developing Minds and Bodies Tummy Time for Infants
      • Dream Team Successful Teambuilding
    • E-I >
      • Easing Separation Anxiety
      • Executive Function
      • Exploring the Magic of Harry Potter
      • Fantastic Mr. Dahl
      • Guide to Goosebumps
      • Infant and Toddler Temperament
      • Introduction to Planning Activities
    • K-M >
      • Keeping Children Safe and Healthy
      • Managing Your Time
      • Math Exploration
      • Mildred D. Taylor and Cultural Awareness​
      • Mindful Leadership
      • ​Motivating Morale Keeping Staff Around
      • Music and Movement for Infants and Toddlers
      • My Brain Craves Action
    • N-P >
      • Nap Time
      • Operation Military Families
      • Ouch Infant and Toddler Biting
      • Picture This
      • Positive Strategies for Classroom Management
    • R-U >
      • Reinforcement and Redirection
      • Simple Science
      • Spanish in the Early Childhood Classroom
      • Speech and Language Milestones
      • Supporting Families with Special Needs
      • Supporting Self-Esteem
      • Teaching with Tolkien
      • The Child's Developing Brain
      • The Infant and Toddler Classroom
      • The Infant and Toddler Teachers Role
      • The Wonderful Author of Oz
      • Theories of Child Development
      • Understanding Autism
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