Ontario Early Years Literacy E-Bulletin January 2010 |
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Hi there, Here is the Early Literacy E-Bulletin for January. The topic is Narrative Skills. This early literacy component involves being able to understand and tell stories, and describe things. These skills are necessary to help children understand what they are learning to read. An example of a narrative skill is a child's ability to tell what happens at a birthday party or on a trip to the zoo. Narrative skills are an important foundation of oral language fluency. If you know someone who might want to receive the E-Bulletin, ask them to e-mail or telephone me and I will put their address on my list. If you do not want to receive the E-bulletin send me an e-mail and I will remove your e-mail address. Thanks, Jenna
Willoughby
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when you click on it. ** Early Literacy E-Bulletin ** January 2010 **
Narrative Skills ** ** Narrative Skills Information ** A video on the importance of narrative skills at all ages (babies – school age): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ph5j-ahJc18 An overview of narrative skills. Information on how to teach narrative skills and how to assess them: http://www.cumbria.gov.uk/elibrary/Content/Internet/537/705/1109/1175/1201/38175105658.pdf Loudoun County Public Library explains what narrative skills are and what parents can do to develop narrative skills in their babies and toddlers. In addition, there are great suggestions on better ways of talking to develop narrative skills in your child: http://library2.loudoun.gov/Default.aspx?tabid=69
** Storytelling ** A Story Making Project. Pie Corbett reports on a project that uses storytelling to help children understand narrative language and then use it in their own writing: http://www.literacytrust.org.uk/pubs/corbett.html
Robert Munsch discusses how he became a storyteller and how he tells stories to keep his audience interested: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_knScBe0qro&feature=related ___________________________________________________________
** Narrative Skills Development Programming Ideas ** Find an interesting picture. Ask your child to tell you a story about the picture. Preventing Reading Difficulties. - Narrative Retelling Program gives suggestions on how to develop narrative skills using the same book over the span of one week:
http://www.pld-literacy.org/preventing-literacy-difficulties/d/Resource_Library/Documents/Development_in_Specific_Areas
What Kinds of Books Are Best? Storytime Share lists books and samples of how to incorporate narrative skills into your story time: http://earlylit.net/wordpress/category/adult-aside/narrative-skills/
Richland County Public Library suggests books and activities to build narrative skills: http://www.myrcpl.com/rcpl/november-cumulative-books-narrative-skills
Monroe County Public Library features an extensive list of predictable books, which are good for promoting narrative skills. http://www.monroe.lib.in.us/childrens/predict.html
More suggested titles to reinforce narrative skills: http://www.cal-webs.org/handouts07/Storytime.pdf _____________________________________________________________
** Resources ** These resources can be downloaded, photocopied and given out to staff and/or parents. Narrative Skills http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/ebull/NarrativeSkillsHandout.pdf Wordless Books http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/emergent/common/Wordlessbooks.pdf
** Article for daycare newsletters – feel free to download and copy this article for parents ** Tips on Teaching Narrative Skills for Parents and Caregivers http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/ebull/NarrativeSkillsParentCaregiver.pdf _____________________________________________________________
** Some great examples of storytelling for you ** Robert Munsch shares stories at a school sleepover party. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxZHzjMyNW0&NR=1
Wide Mouth Frog Storytelling – excellent demonstration of how to tell a story to children to keep their interest. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPrY5vrAnug
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