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Early
Childhood Division
Goals
and Objectives
- To
instill in children an eagerness to read and write
- To
give children an opportunity to be authors by recording their dictated
ideas and stories and by collecting their written work in a journal
- To
give each child opportunities to speak and listen in class meetings
- To
extend each child's spoken, listening and sight reading vocabulary
- To
reinforce left-right and top-down directionality in reading
- To
model proper language usage in conversations
- To
help children follow oral directions
- To
provide opportunities for regular visits to the school library
- To
give children the opportunity to create class books
- To
teach children to recognize and identify the letters of the alphabet
- To
increase phonetic awareness by teaching letter/sound correspondence
- To
teach children the D'Nealian printed alphabet
- To
help children develop a proper pencil grip
- To
teach the children the spelling of their own names and other high-frequency
words
- To
expose children to language through reading them excellent examples
of children's literature
- To
introduce children to the process of finding information in books
- To
give children opportunities to participate in book discussions
- To
have children experience writing as a social activity
- To
recognize and respect the range of language development in the group
- To
encourage each child's development at his or her own pace
- To
encourage the use of language as a tool in social interactions
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