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LITERACY LEARNING AT
BRIDGEWATER KINDERGARTEN
Literacy: in the early years literacy includes a
range of modes of communication including music,
movement, dance, story telling, visual arts, media and
drama, as well as talking, reading and writing.
Early Years Learning Framework Pg 47
Alec has drawn pictures
and an adult has scribed
his story exactly as Alec
told it. He glues them to
card to make a folding
story.
These boys are drawing
with fine black textas.
They are leaning on large
drawing boards. Shifting
the focus away from the
usual writing table has
enticed more boys to
draw!
Sammy wanted to paint a Triceratops.
Firstly he decided what colour paint he
needed. Deb helped him to make it. He
didn’t think that he could paint one. Deb
helped him to sequence the steps and look at
a picture of a Triceratops and break down
which shapes he needed to paint until he
had the representation he wanted.The skill
of looking at something and copying it onto
paper is quite challenging
As children consider where to
draw their shapes and lines
they make pictures in their
mind. When we read and write
the pictures that we make in
our mind set patterns and
shapes enabling us to predict
words.
Astrid, Maya and Hannah are creating a mural using paint in spray bottles.
Literacy outcomes include, hand eye coordination, patterning, manipulating the
squeeze mechanism -fine motor control, looking where the spray will go.
• Developing hand eye coordination and fine motor control prepares the girls for gripping a pencil and controlling it to write.
• Making the designs teaches their brains to look for patterns , vital in finding patterns in words and texts.
Role Play Writing
“Children experiment with marks on paper with the intention of communicating a message or
emulating adult writing.” First Steps writing Pg 1
This can be seen at kindy when children make tickets, role play writing in diaries, make signs such as
“Do not step here” , illustrate and record their Learning Committee minutes, make treasure maps.
We give the children opportunities to ‘write’ everyday. They learn to write by writing. We give them
opportunities to talk about their writing. We model writing lists, stories, questions, captions. We value
their writing efforts, rather than always correcting them. Role play writing may be squiggles that
don’t look like conventional writing, these are the child experimenting with writing.
Clay & Dough •Sensory experience- develops tactile sense. •Develops fine motor skills- moulding, rolling, manipulating, and cutting. •Develops eye-hand co-ordination.
•Problem solving. •Co-operative and or solitary play. •Helps develop concentration, learning to complete a task, gives a sense of achievement. •Opportunities to use a wide range of tools- care and responsibility. •Develops language skills and conversation.
Cut & Paste •Develops eye/hand co-ordination. •Provides creative experiences. • Develops manipulative skills such as
tearing,pasting,cutting, stapling, fringing etc..
•Language development.
•Opportunities to feel achievement and success. •Encourages the development of imagination. •Solitary and group play opportunities. •Develops the concept of sequencing-logical
steps in planning and designing.
Harry’s learning idea was to learn about
predators. We looked on the internet and
looked in books. Glenda and Harry
recorded his learning on a poster.
Playing board games extends many literacy
skills. Communication between the players,
matching shapes, identifying differences
being a few. When we read we identify
shapes of words and letters and differentiate
between similar shapes.
Speaking in front of group,
moderating your tone and
volume, using eye contact etc
is an important literacy skill.
Creating a story using props.
Sharing knowledge.
Communicating, debating,
listening.
Imaginative play/ oral
communication.
Making a story.
Sharing ideas.
Adapting the story as they go
along. Communicating with
each other.
Sometimes we the educators
will join this play.
Sometimes we will scribe the
story, which the children can
then illustrate, but often we
just enjoy watching the
children’s excitement and
marvel at their skills.
Once a term we send home a
Literacy newsletter, informing
families of some of the literacy
events that have been happening
at kindy. These also include
literacy ideas for families to do
with their children.
Literacy Kits are available for
families to borrow and share with
their children. These are regularly
updated.
Deb is teaching the children
how to manipulate the IPad.
They are learning to
manipulate the mouse. When
the children use the IPad and
computer they are learning to
use them as tools for writing
and drawing. They discriminate
shapes, colours, styles of text.
They create stories. We use
computers and the IPad at
kindy as an adjunct to our
learning programme.
We often access Children’s
Encarta, the Internet, books
and parents and teachers to
research children’s inquiry
questions.
Role Play Reading Readers display reading like behaviour as
they reconstruct stories for themselves.
They show a natural interest in books and
the language of print.
At kindy we provide books with rhyming
text or minimal text that the children can
‘read’ to themselves. We re-read favourite
stories and read big books modelling
reading behaviours. We look at the
beginning of a and end word. We listen for
and look for words that start with the
same sound or rhyme.
Lucy told us her recipe
for fairy drink. We
wrote it down and
followed it to make
juice.
Sharing a story. Interacting with a puppet
involves creating a
storyline with a beginning,
middle and an end.
As the children role play reading and create stories with puppets they rehearse the conventions of
reading. They practise the story having a beginning, a middle and an end. They begin to
understand the need for a connected plot.
As well as using books Literacy is developed through being a part of and
watching live theatre and videos. Here the child uses listening and
observational skills. They learn the literacy of being an audience member.
Puppet plays and drama activities at kindy give the children the opportunity
to practise these skills as a performer and as audience.
‘literacy includes a
range of modes of communication
including music’
Music includes, rhythm, beat,
patterns. Singing requires us to
remember words and listen to
rhyme.
Literacy activities can happen
anywhere. Here the children are
drawing what they see and what they
feel when they are in our bushland.
One of our foci this year has been to
take literacy outside The cubby house s
used as a drawing space and is
regularly used everyday by all children.
Children who will not write and draw
inside visit it regularly.
The verandah has a specially created
calm space. This space includes books,
activities for dramatic play, items for
sorting and designing and items to
make music with.
Making corner
Scissors Textas
Planning and creating
Reading corner
Variety of books including fiction and reference. Some titles based on children’s learning ideas.
A number of parents read stories to their children first thing in the morning. Sharing books is beginning reading.
Pretend reading is beginning reading. Pointing out detail in a picture.
Exploring skulls
Using magnifying glasses (training and focussing eyes.) Matching photos
Describing and grouping- classifying. Looking for similarities, important in looking for patterns in words.
Considering possibilities for the “What is it box”
Jigsaws
Matching. Location and arrangement. Focussing eyes.
Literacy
Engagement Week 1
Term 3 2014 Music time
Remembering lyrics. Rhyme- helping children practise sounds.
Story enjoyment. Experiment with rhythm, words, tempo, and melody (which are important
skills in reading aloud)
Writing area
Writing , drawing and scribbling . Personal drawing books.
Paper available. Matching letters, seeking letters on chart. We can tell, write stories in many ways.
Scribing stories. Begining to use letter shapes in drawing and writing.
Light box
Creating patterns and designs. Making shapes that resemble an object.
Painting
Paintbrush grip. Fine motor control
Choice Referring to memory to paint an object.
Conversation.
Sharing
Oral language. Speaking in front of a group.
Audience skills. Remember content.
. Group time
· Oral language. Speaking in front of a group.
Audience skills. Remember content.
Inquiry Fostering an interest in our world
Listening
Blocks
Discrimination of shape. Drawing boards.