Curriculum and Assessment: Language Development/Emergent Literacy
Wisconsin Early Childhood Collaborating Partners provides curriculum and assessment language development/emergent literacy information.
Guides for Adapting Early Literacy Activities for Infants, Toddlers and Preschoolers with Disabilities - The Center for Early Literacy Learning (CELL) has published 15 new CELL practice guides with adaptations for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, which show how to adapt early literacy activities so that young children with disabilities can participate. The guides are free and can be used by practitioners or parents. They describe everyday home, community, and childcare learning opportunities that encourage early literacy learning.
A Window to the World: Promoting Early Language and Literacy Development - Description: A new video released by the Zero To Three Policy Center illustrating how early language and literacy development contributes to a child’s success throughout life. This free 5 minute video can be viewed online.
Center for Early Literacy Learning - Promotes the adoption and sustained use of evidence-based early literacy learning practices. This site has resources for early childhood intervention practitioners, parents, and other caregivers of children, birth to five years of age.
Executive Summary: Developing Early Literacy (pdf) - a report of the National Early Literacy Panel; a scientific synthesis of early literacy development and implications for intervention.