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The document summarizes the activities and materials included in a literacy learning center designed for early childhood students. The center aims to develop students' alphabetic and phonological awareness through hands-on activities that reinforce letter recognition, writing, reading, listening, and collaboration. A variety of books, flashcards, puzzles, and technology are provided to engage students based on their individual literacy levels and learning styles. Clear rules and a timer are also included to manage student turn-taking and ensure all have access to the center's resources.

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Marketplace Handout

The document summarizes the activities and materials included in a literacy learning center designed for early childhood students. The center aims to develop students' alphabetic and phonological awareness through hands-on activities that reinforce letter recognition, writing, reading, listening, and collaboration. A variety of books, flashcards, puzzles, and technology are provided to engage students based on their individual literacy levels and learning styles. Clear rules and a timer are also included to manage student turn-taking and ensure all have access to the center's resources.

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Marketplace Handout

Literacy For Life


Research shows that many children struggle with literacy, an issue which may persist
into adulthood and hinder their success if it isn’t addressed at an early age. We opted
for an early literacy center to offer continuous support to our students and encourage
their literacy development. The activities are designed to meet our curricular objectives:
reinforcing and developing alphabetic and phonological awareness. The targeted
competencies are:

1. To perform sensorimotor actions effectively in different contexts: children will


participate in hands-on activities.
3. To interact harmoniously with others: children will work in a common space and will
have to share materials. Children will engage in respectful discourse.
4. To communicate using the resources of language: Children will engage in reading,
writing, speaking and listening. They will communicate in an appropriate fashion.

The learning center and the classroom design are in accordance with the Reggio Emilia
approach as it considers the classroom as the third teacher, and reflects the importance
of collaboration. Activities such as puzzles and word building blocks will invite the
students to collaborate by helping each other and building on one another’s ideas. We
take aesthetics in account by including a word wall and displaying students’ work to
document progress for students, their parents and the teacher. The maker space
element of the learning center serves to engage students in active learning. The
learning center allows for flexibility in both the use of space and materials, as students
have access to materials from various areas of the curriculum at all times. We integrate
the value of transparency and relationship by deliberately choosing transparent
containers and making all the materials easily accessible and by creating an open
space. Mirrors will also be used in the learning center to provide the students with
different perspectives of their surroundings. To bring the outdoors in, students will use
natural materials and a plant will be displayed at the center.

To further elaborate, activities in the literacy learning center include:

Alphabet puzzle: This activity is for students who are not as advanced in their literacy
development. The puzzle provides an opportunity for students to practice recognizing
the graphemes and placing them in order.
Learn to write your letters activity flash cards: The flash cards come with an erasable
marker so that the students can practice tracing the letters. Additionally, each card has
the upper and lower case letter displayed as well as words which begin with the given
letter. The cards will help students learn the letter sounds (if they are to name the letter
and the examples aloud).
A variety of age appropriate texts ranging in difficulty: We include a level one phonics
set with ten short stories (for students who are just beginning to read), The Big Aqua
Book of Beginner Books (with six Dr. Seuss stories), and Once Upon a Time ( a book of
fairy tales). All students are free to engage with any of the provided literature, however,
the stories range in difficulty to consider the diverse needs within the classroom.

Ipad with preschool literacy app: This technological tool allows children to practice their
alphabet in a fun and interactive way. It allows children to review all 26 letters, the
sounds they make, as well as practice tracing them on the screen. Children can work in
small groups or individually.

Ipod with preschool stories, songs and rhymes: An ipod touch will be available for
students to listen and read stories, songs and rhymes (read-along). This will engage
both visual and auditory learners. This activity will help students develop their listening
(receptive) skills, as well as their reading skills. The read-alongs will range in difficulty
by including more advanced vocabulary, or by being more lengthy and rich in text.

Picture and word matching game: This game allows the students to practice visual
literacy, reading words and sounding out words. The students must match the word to
the picture.

Blank paper and writing utensils: Students are given materials to practice writing, this
allows them to further develop their fine motor skills.

Loose parts (natural materials): Children will practice “writing” their names. They will be
given various natural materials to make the letters that compose their names, such as
seashells and pebbles. On the table, they will also find cards with their names on it, as
well as a general question to serve as a “guideline”: can you make your name?

Word building blocks challenge: Students must recognize and match graphemes to
“build” words, once again, this will help students to learn the sounds and spelling of
words (should the students choose to sound it out and speak it out loud).

Please note that to manage the literacy center, we will include a sign that indicates that
only four students are permitted at the center at a time. The sign will have the number
four written out (four), indicated numerically (4) and shown using a picture (i.e. four
dots).

Furthermore, there will only be four seats at the center. The students will be aware of
the class rules and understand that the number of people at a learning center must be
equal to the number of seats. A small chalk board will be hung next to the learning
center so that the students waiting can put themselves on “the waiting list”. A 15 minute
timer will also be included at the station so children are aware of when it is time to give
their classmates a turn.

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