Ontario Early Years Literacy E-Bulletin October 2008

Hi there,

This is the second Early Literacy E-Bulletin and it is about Dialogic Reading. Dialogic Reading is a read aloud strategy that was developed by Dr. G. Whitehurst in the 1990’s. Research has proven that Dialogic Reading is a great way for Early Childhood Educators and parents to help young children develop the language skills which are necessary for later learning to read.

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Deb Nesbitt-Munroe
Early Literacy Specialist
Kingston and the Islands
613 547-6309

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** Early Literacy E-Bulletin **

          October 2008

** Dialogic Reading **

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** Dialogic Reading Information **

Reading Rockets

Reading Rockets is a great website devoted to learning to reading. This article is about the Dialogic Reading strategy which is proven to improve children’s language skills and narrative skills.

http://www.readingrockets.org/article/400

What Works Clearing House

Established in 2002, the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is a central source of scientific evidence for what works in education. An initiative of the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences, the WWC:

·   Produces user-friendly practice guides for educators that address instructional challenges with research-based recommendations for schools and classrooms;

·   Assesses the rigor of research evidence on the effectiveness of interventions (programs, products, practices, and policies), giving educators the tools to make informed decisions;

http://eric.ed.gov/ERICDocs/data/ericdocs2sql/content_storage_01/0000019b/80/29/e1/30.pdf

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** Dialogic Reading Programming Ideas **

Reading to young children in small groups is helpful for language learning in the early years.

http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/emergent/Vocab/vocdialogic.htm

Washington Learning Systems offers straight forward ideas showing how to promote language development through reading aloud with young children. This strategy is similar to dialogic reading. http://www.walearning.com/

Follow this link to go directly to the video.

http://www.walearning.com/English.html

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** Resources **

This Dialogic Reading resource can be downloaded, photocopied and given to staff and/or parents.

http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/ebull/DialogicReading.pdf

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** Article for daycare newsletters - feel free to download and copy this article for parents **

http://www.familyliteracyexpertise.org/Training/ebull/DialogicReadingArticle1.pdf

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