Transcript Starting Small - SC First Steps

STARTING SMALL:
THE FIRST STEPS
EARLY LITERACY
SERIES
LITERATE FROM BIRTH
WHAT IS LITERACY?
LITERACY IS ABOUT
MAKING MEANING
Speaking/Writing:
Expressing Meaning
Listening/Reading:
Understanding Meaning
THE IMPORTANCE OF
SYMBOLS
WORDS
ARE SYMBOLS TOO –
WHETHER SPOKEN
OR WRITTEN.
“PIPE”
LITERACY IS THE USE
OF SYMBOLS TO
CREATE MEANING.
LITERACY IS
DEVELOPMENTAL.
IT PROGRESSES
TOWARD MORE
AND MORE
“GROWN UP”
VERSIONS.