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How Teaching Strategies Training Helps Meet the Early Literacy Challenge

Since the 1998 release of Preventing Reading Difficulties in Young Children, Teaching Strategies has incorporated the most up-to-date research on language and literacy development in our books, assessment and reporting tools, and professional development programs. Teaching Strategies publications and professional development services can help you integrate appropriate language and literacy teaching practices in your programs and ensure positive outcomes for children.
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The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool

  • shows how to teach literacy, math, and other content in ways that match the developmental stages of preschool children

  • defines seven components of literacy on the basis of the latest scientifically based reading research: literacy as a source of enjoyment, vocabulary and language, phonological awareness, knowledge of print, letters and words, comprehension, understanding books and other texts, literacy as a source of enjoyment on the basis of the latest scientifically based reading research

  • guides teachers in integrating literacy in all of the interest areas, teaching intentionally in small groups throughout the daily program

The Creative Curriculum® Developmental Continuum for Ages 3-5 Assessment System

  • incorporates all of the required federal standards of learning into its design, including 13 language development and math objectives

  • shows the correspondence between Head Start and state early literacy, language, and numeracy standards of learning and The Creative Curriculum® for Preschool goals and objectives

  • provides technological tools (CC-PORT and CreativeCurriculum.net) that help teachers analyze and report child progress, including progress on language objectives

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Teaching Strategies Staff Development Services

Teaching Strategies staff development conferences and on-site professional development sessions include a focus on best practices and effective strategies for promoting early literacy. These professional development opportunities help teachers understand how literacy content is linked to teaching and learning.

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