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The average child at the 90th percentile reads almost two million words per year outside of school – more than 200 times more words than the child at the 10th percentile, who reads just 8,000 words outside of school during year. Solution:Teachers can transform preschool program by creating classroom environments that provide optimum support for language and literacy development. The Read Aloud Resource Guide is a read-aloud curriculum that enhances the ability of preschool and kindergarten teachers, teaching assistants and childcare providers to incorporate reading aloud in their classrooms and daily experiences to support emergent literacy skills and school readiness.
 As young children engage in learning, they are simultaneously exploring multiple aspects of language and literacy. Reading Aloud exposes young children to abundant, expansive, social, emotional and cognitive learning experiences as they: · Wrap minds and hearts around the mysteries and beauty of story · Absorb the music and poetry of language · Embrace connections between literature and life · Grasp connections among texts
· Appreciate different genres such as fable, folktale, poetry, narrative and rhyme · Understand the many different reasons for reading · Develop a passion for books that will support a lifelong love of reading Educator Pat Dragan and Scholastic Editor Lois Bridges, Ph.D. along with the Stanford School of Education worked with Bring Me A Book to develop The Read Aloud Resource Guide, a comprehensive early literacy resource that provides valuable read aloud instruction.
The Read Aloud Resource Guide helps teachers develop an understanding of developmental milestones for three, four, and five year olds; knowledge of effective instructional practices for young learners; familiarity with children’s literature; and an appreciation for the joy of reading. The Guide also invites teachers of preschool and kindergarten children to learn about responsive teaching, developmental literacy, superb children’s literature, and the best ways to support all children. Additionally, teachers learn how to make the most of read aloud time and to explore opportunities for rich learning across content areas, often with the aid of the arts—music, dance, drama, and the visual arts. In addition, since our focus is emergent literacy – and the oral language that supports developing literacy – The Read Aloud Resource Guide targets the following indicators that address language, literacy, and socio-dramatic play: Language:· Comprehends meaning · Follows increasingly complex instructions · Expresses self through language · Uses language in conversation · Socio-dramatic play Literacy:· Interest in literacy · Letter and word knowledge · Emerging writing · Concepts of print · Phonological awareness With the generous support of the Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Bring Me A Book was able to develop, design and print The Read Aloud Resource Guide for preschool to kindergarten, as well as conduct field-testing of every Read Aloud lesson. We are proud to share the fruits of our research to encourage professionally informed, effective teaching that sets children on a path towards successful lifelong learning. 
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Try This: School-to-Home Learning Packs:Create “Learning Packs” for children to take home, using gallon-sized zip-lock bags. You can devise simple, fun hands-on activities for children and parents to enjoy at home. Tuck in a letter that explains how to play or cook or experiment and, ideally, include the materials parents need to do the activity. You can also include a journal (or your email address) and encourage the parents to work with their child and write you a letter about how it went. What did they enjoy? What worked well? What wasn’t as successful? What ideas do they have for revising the lesson?
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