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 Did You Know. . .                                             

Early literacy is what children know about reading         
before they can actually do it themselves?               

You can use books, songs and fingerplays to help your child develop skills to make learning to read easier.

Research has identified six important skills that provide the building blocks for reading and writing. These early literacy skills are:

· Vocabulary - knows the names of things
· Print Motivation -has an interest in and enjoys books
· Print Awareness - notices print and understands how a book works
· Narrative Skills - able to describe things and events, and tell stories
· Letter Knowledge - understands that letters look different from each other and that they have different names and sounds
· Phonological Awareness - ability to hear and play with the smaller sounds that make up words such as understanding rhymes

Resource:  Parent Guide to Early Literacy Brochures

Early Talkers:  Birth to Two-Year-Olds (pdf files)
Talkers:  Two and Three-Year-Olds
Pre-Readers:  Four and Five-Year-Olds

Did You Know. . . 

The CRLS Libraries are ready to help you!  We have a great selection of books and music appropriate for each stage of your child's early years.  Our staff is available to help you find materials and resources that will encourage the development of the skills needed for reading.

 

About TumbleBook Library
An online collection of animated, talking picture books and puzzles created from existing picture books, large print chapter books and classic children's books.  

This fun and interactive site is great for preschoolers, beginning readers and older independent readers.  Children can read along and listen or read on their own. Jigsaw puzzles, word fun and memory games can be played after reading a book.

There are books in French and Spanish.  This is a great resource for ESL (English as a Second Language) students or for those wanting to build language learning skills.

There is an Index with an A-Z listing of all the story books.

TumbleBooks will help teach kids the joy of reading in a format they'll love!

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CRLS Libraries:

  Ardmore Headquarters 
  Atoka County Library
  Davis Public Library
  Healdton Community Library
  Johnston County Library
  Love County Library
  Parker Memorial Library
  Wilson Public Library

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