This presentation was given as part of "Storytimes With Purpose and Punch," a pre-conference workshop at the 2011 Kentucky Public Library Association Conference. Contact Lowena Latiff (llatiff@lexpublib.org) at the Lexington Public Library if you have any questions or need help finding additional resources for your storytime.

1. Children’s Librarian Lexington Public Library llatiff@lexpublib.org Lowena Latiff

2. Story Times with Purpose and Punch: The 6 Early Literacy Skills

3. Every Child Ready to Read SarojGhotig http://www.earlylit.net/

4. Why use the 6 literacy skills? They allow us to articulate the value of exposing children to books, songs, rhymes and activities.

5. Print Awareness Print Motivation Vocabulary Phonological Awareness Letter Knowledge Narrative Skills

6. 1. Print Awareness Noticing print, knowing how to handle a book and how to follow the words on a page. board and cloth books to handle Large and clear font Words that are clearly defined on the page point out words in book and in the child’s environment

7. 2. Phonological Awareness Being able to hear and play with the smaller sounds in words. Rhyming books rhymes, songs, silly sounds Repetition of sounds, words or phrases Rhythm

8. 3. Vocabulary Nouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Picture books use vocabulary not commonly used in everyday speech. Compare to Beginning Reader books with controlled vocabulary

9. 4. Print Motivation Being interested in and enjoying books. Board books Pop-up books Non-fiction of interest to child Bright illustrations Age appropriate level

10. 5. Letter Knowledge Able to recognize the letters of the alphabet High color contrast books Shape books Alphabet books

11. 6. Narrative Skills Be able to describe a sequence of events or tell a story Simple process books Easy to remember sequence of events Repetition of the same story

13. Rhymes & Songs

14. Props

16. Print Motivation

17. Letter Knowledge

18. Vocabulary

19. Phonological Awareness

20. Narrative Skills

21. Finger plays and songs Support the skills Enhance learning with play Music engages the entire brain

22. Print Motivation/Print Awareness Leads child to books Rain is falling down Splash! Rain is falling down Splash! Softly, softly,very softly Rain is falling down Splash!

23. Vocabulary Introduces and incorporates new words in songs and rhymes Put your finger on your nose Put your finger on your nose, On your nose. Put your finger on your nose, On your nose. Put your finger on your nose Put your finger on your nose Put your finger on your nose …body parts

24. Phonological Awareness Most finger plays and songs illustrate this One little baby One little baby rocking in a tree 2 little babies splashing in the sea 3 little babies crawling on the floor 4 little babies banging on the door 5 little babies playing hide and seek. Keep your eyes closed tight Until I say…Peek!

25. Letter Knowledge Hearing the letter sounds repeated Have visuals when singing song or doing fingerplay Peas Porridge Hot Peas porridge hot Peas porridge cold Peas porridge in the pot Nine days old Yuck! B-I-N-G-O

26. Narrative Skills Easy sequence of events to remember and echo back Wind Mill song If I could have a windmill A windmill, a windmill If I could have a windmill I know what I would do. …pump some water …have a duck pond …wings flap …windmill

27. Lion and Lamb by Barbara Brenner Narrative Skills Puppets and props Narrative Skills

28. 5 little ducks went out to play

29. Flannel Boards Narrative Skills

30. Crafts/Activities Little Mouse, Little Mouse Little mouse, little mouse Are you in the _______ house.

31. Displays

32. Readers Advisory and Book Talking

33. Handouts and Bibliographies Handout with literacy skills and definition to hand out to parents and caregivers. Story time handouts can list books and which literacy skill they reinforce. Have handout to give to patrons while book talking

34. Thank you