Course Information
RDLA044
Read With Me: Developing Early Literacy with Children
- Course Description:
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"Read with Me: Developing Early Literacy with Children" is designed for preschool teachers and caregivers who want to have fun reading, singing, and sharing stories with children. In this course, learners will explore all the different ways they can use stories with children to develop pre-reading and pre-writing skills such as oral language and vocabulary development, phonemic awareness and reading comprehension. Learners will be engaged in a collaborative experience as they learn some different ways that multimedia can facilitate the sharing of stories with children. The course provides research-based articles, video examples from the KERA (public radio and television stations for North Texas) best practices video, Read with Me, online interactives and online and on-screen resources from PBS.
Note: Learners will need access to preschool-aged children to complete this course. Learners have two weeks to complete each session of the course.
For assignments and evaluation details, see the full Syllabus.
- Subject Area:
- Reading/Language Arts
- Grade Level:
- Preschool
- Hours:
- 8
