Month: November 2023

Emergent literacy generally occurs during the first two years of life.  But remember,  chronological ages are very general guidelines and all children develop at their own pace. For more information on the early literacy stages, please visit this previous blog post: https://blogs.iu.edu/earlyliteracy/2023/08/25/early-literacy-developmental-continuum/ Developing alphabet knowledge during the emergent literacy stage focuses on exposure, exploration, and… Read more »

Children typically become pre readers and writers at about the age of five.  During this stage, they will exhibit more advanced reading and writing abilities. You can support their phonological and phonemic awareness by continuing all of the activities you were doing when they were in the early reading and writing stage while placing more… Read more »