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Building Language Throughout the Year
The Preschool Early Literacy Curriculum
By John Lybolt, Ph.D., CCC-SLP, Jennifer Armstrong, M.A., CCC-SLP, Kristin Evans Techmanski, M.A., CCC-SLP, & Catherine Gottfred, Ph.D., CCC-SLP



For children from low-resource backgrounds, a literacy-rich preschool experience with a skilled and engaged teacher can make all the difference—it can offset risk factors and lay the groundwork for lifelong academic success. Now schools can ensure effective early literacy instruction with this field-tested, research-based curriculum for children 3 to 5 years of age.

These 41 one-week lessons—each built around a theme with associated vocabulary lists and fun activities—are just what teachers need to enhance children’s phonemic awareness and vocabulary development throughout the year. This proven curriculum

• Helps teachers succeed by explicitly showing them how to deliver curriculum content effectively.
  
  
• Engages children through structured and unstructured activities—including dramatic play, art, and music—that reinforce new words and concepts.
  
  
• Specifically addresses the needs of children from low-resource backgrounds and helps them catch up with their peers.
  
  
• Aligns with every part of the Head Start Outcomes framework, so teachers know their curriculum is addressing the right areas.
  
  
• Is easy to use with existing programs and makes use of inexpensive supplies most teachers already have on hand.
  
  
• Helps parents continue the learning at home with reader-friendly sheets that explain what their children are learning and include easy activities for encouraging literacy development.

For each of the one-week lessons, teachers will get everything they need: a general lesson plan for the entire week, an overview of language concepts and goals, and detailed lesson plans for each weekday. “From-the-trenches” vignettes share other teachers’ success stories, and the useful observation forms help teachers track the growth and variety of children’s vocabulary and prove that students are making progress.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-1-55766-780-9
spiral-bound
456 pages
8½ x 11
2007
Price: $49.95
Stock# 67809

About the Authors
Preface
Acknowledgments

SECTION I

Chapter 1: Introduction to the Building Language Curriculum
Chapter 2: Using the Building Language Curriculum
Chapter 3: The Role of Parents in the Building Language Curriculum
Chapter 4: Monitoring Progress

SECTION II

Lessons and Take-Homes

Week 1: School Days
Week 2: Family
Week 3: Alphabet
Week 4: Personal Places
Week 5: Seasons
Week 6: Food
Week 7: Animals
Week 8: Fall
Week 9: Community Helpers
Week 10: Colors, Shapes, and Sizes
Week 11: The Great Outdoors
Week 12: Thanksgiving
Week 13: Winter Wonderland
Week 14: Our Senses
Week 15: Movement and Music
Week 16: Transportation in My Neighborhood
Week 17: Our Bodies, Ourselves
Week 18: Numbers and Counting
Week 19: Fables and Fairy Tales
Week 20: Solar System
Week 21: Black History
Week 22: Shopping
Week 23: Weather
Week 24: Feelings and Emotions
Week 25: What Lives Under the Water?
Week 26: Beauty of Spring
Week 27: Science
Week 28: Dinosaurs
Week 29: Young Child’s Arts and Crafts
Week 30: Water Fun
Week 31: Transportation for Traveling
Week 32: Plants and Flowers
Week 33: Nursery Rhymes
Week 34: Mama and Me
Week 35: Later in the Spring
Week 36: Health and Safety
Week 37: Animals and the Environment
Week 38: Insects and Spiders
Week 39: Daddy and Me
Week 40: Vacation and Summer Fun
Week 41: Get Ready, Get Set, Go

SECTION III

Outcomes Assessment for the Building Language Curriculum
Instructions for Using the Building Language Curriculum Forms
Blank Forms for the Building Language Curriculum
Books and Music for the Building Language Curriculum
References
Suggested Readings
Index