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Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practice Guides

• Distance Learning Events brought to you by the
  Center for Early Literacy Learning

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What is this CELL distance learning event?

• This distance learning event focuses on
  evidence-based early literacy practices
• The purpose of this distance learning event is to
  share information about
• Results from a national social marketing survey
• How CELL translates research into practice
• CELL practice guides

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Pause and think about evidence-based early
literacy practices before you proceed!

• What does evidence-based mean?
• What is an early literacy practice?
• How can evidence-based early literacy practices
  be used by parents and practitioners?
• Click here to read or listen to CELLs responses
  to these questions
• Proceed through the distance learning event with
  these responses in mind.

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Does the early childhood field need
evidence-based early literacy practices?

• 2007 national survey of practitioners, technical
  assistance providers, and parents in IDEA Part C
  and Part B 619 programs
• Questions focused on the desired and actual use
  of early literacy learning practices
• The results of the surveys overwhelmingly showed
  that although early literacy learning practices
  are desired, their perceived level of actual use
  is quite low

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Introduce What are evidence-based practice
guides?

• Promote literacy-rich learning opportunities that
  are contexts for skill acquisition
• Contain the practices that can be used by
  parents, practitioners, or teachers with infants,
  toddlers, and preschoolers to promote early
  literacy learning
• Include adapted practices that support the
  literacy learning of children with disabilities
  or learning difficulties who need more
  specialized interventions

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Introduce How are the practice guides structured?

• Each practice guide asks and answers four
  questions
• What is the practice?
• What does the practice look like?
• How do you do the practice?
• How do you know the practice worked?
• Each practice guide provides
• Three vignettes of the practice being used
• At least one vignette has a description of how
  the practice can be adapted for a child with a
  disability

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Illustrate Alpha Fun What is the practice?

• This section gives a one- or two-sentence
  description of the experience or opportunity used
  to promote a childs production of
  literacy-related behaviors or skills. It
  includes
• A general statement of the practice
• A statement of the benefits of the practice

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What is the practice?   Playing, talking, and
asking questions as your child enjoys alphabet
toys makes letter learning fun and exciting.
Letter blocks, magnetic letters, and alphabet
puzzles are the kinds of toys that can spark
parent-child talks about letters and let children
become familiar with the ABCs. Such toys also
help preschoolers begin to form words without the
added pressure of writing.
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Illustrate Alpha FunWhat does the practice
look like?

• This section paints a picture of what one would
  see when observing the practice being
  implemented.
• It includes
• A description of the childs behavior or action
• A description of the consequence(s) of the
  childs behavior or action

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What does the practice look like?   Let your
child play with letter-shaped cookie cutters in
cornmeal, play dough, or real biscuit dough. Cut
letter shapes from sponges for her to play with
in the bathtub or use as stamps to make designs
with washable paint. Talk to her about what shes
doing as she plays. As your child lines up
magnetic letters on the refrigerator door, stacks
alphabet blocks, or strings alphabet beads, talk
with her about what she is doing and encourage
her interest and curiosity about letter sounds.
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Illustrate Alpha Fun How do you do the
practice?

• This how to section explains what a parent or
  practitioner can do to engage a child in an
  activity that provides a context for
  literacy-related behavior expression. It
  includes
• The child interest-based features of the practice
• The literacy-related context (environment) of the
  learning opportunities
• The instructional practice(s) best suited for
  promoting child production of literacy-related
  behavior
• What or how the parent or practitioner can make
  adaptations or accommodations (if appropriate) to
  the practice

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How do you do the practice? When your child
plays with alphabet toys, add to the fun by
providing a variety of such toys, praising his
efforts, and following his lead.
Ask your child to identify the letters in his
name by pointing out the blocks, stamps, or other
toys that have those letters. Show him how to use
them to form his name. Help him discover that
even though letters may be different colors or
sizes on different toys, their names and sounds
stay the same. Show your child how the letters
on her alphabet toys are paired with sounds. For
example, when your child hands you the block with
T on it, help her name the letter and its sound.
Together try to think of words that start with
the Ttt sound. Try to avoid making alphabet toys
seem too hard or too much like work. Most
preschoolers are beginning to understand that we
use letters to make words, but they are often
unsure about their exact sounds and shapes.
Showing interest and appreciation for his
attempts at learning through play is more
important than expecting your child to remember
all the letters right away.
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Illustrate Alpha FunHow do you know the
practice worked?

• This section includes
• Criteria used to measure benefits or results of
  using the practice guide
• Outcomes are described in terms of changes in
  literacy-related behavior or skills

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Illustrate Alpha Fun Vignette
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Illustrate Practice Guide Development

• Universal Practice Guides
• Adapted Practice Guides
• Specialized Practice Guides

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Practice Identify Evidence-Based Practices

• Watch the Weaving Wonderful Tales video by
  clicking here
• As you are watching the video, write down your
  responses to the practice guide questions
• What is the practice?
• What does the practice look like?
• How do you do the practice?
• How do you know the practice worked?
• Read the toddler practice guide titled, Let Me
  Tell the Story, located in the products section
  at www.earlyliteracylearning.org and compare
  your responses to the information in this
  practice guide.

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Evaluate Identifying Evidence-Based Practices

• Submit your examples to our discussion board by
  clicking here
• Think about these questions (1) How did your
  responses to the questions align with what is in
  the practice guide? (2) How difficult was it to
  determine answers to the practice guide
  questions?
• Do you have any questions about the practice
  exercises? Please submit them to our discussion
  board by clicking here

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