What literacy resources do you have for Infants/Toddlers?

Question

Do you have any resources you would recommend for Early Literacy for I/T?

Answer

Yes! The time from birth to age three is the most important time for children to become literate and learn their native tongue (and a few others while they're at it). Here are a few simple things we can do to support language development at this stage:

• Have strong relationships based in positivity
• Tell them the names of everything in your home
• Explain what you are doing when you are changing them (before they're able to change themselves)
• Maintain an orderly/organized environment (don't overwhelm the visual field with too much stuff)
• Speak another language if you know one
• Sing songs
• Play music (not too loud, lots of varieties)
• Dance
• Recite poems
• Play games
• Read books aloud (and give them time to talk about what they see)
• Learn that words can be represented by pictures with Toddler Vocabulary Cards
• Go outside (great exercise for the eyes; supports visual development)
• Ask questions and invite them into conversations (they need lots of opportunities and inspiration to practice speaking)
• Limit (or completely remove) screens (bad for development of depth perception and children learn best from humans)

There are also a few videos and an article that might help: