Please take a moment and look over the importance of oral
communication in the early years as outlined in the Kindergarten program.
Follow the link to find some communication tips and examples to use with your
children.
Building on Oral Language
Although children develop skills in reading, writing, and
oral language (listening and speaking) from an early age, oral language must be the
foundation of literacy development in the Full-Day Early Learning–Kindergarten
program. Through experience with oral language, children develop the ability
to identify and manipulate phonemes (phonemic awareness), build vocabulary, develop
awareness of meaning (semantic knowledge), and develop awareness of language
structure (syntactic knowledge), and thus develop the foundations for reading and
writing. Proficiencyin oral language is critical to the success of literacy
development. The EL–K team can guide oral language development by listening attentively
to and observing children’s responses and interactions, by providing models
of richer responses to guide children’s thinking, and by introducing new
vocabulary. Although oral language is the focus of early language learning, reading
and writing need to be taught and developed at the same time, so that children can
make connections between what they hear, say, read, and write. Listening,
speaking, reading, and writing are all interrelated, and development in one area
supports development
in all the others.
(Full Day Early Learning Kindergarten Program 2010-2011 pg.
68)
Link
Message In a Backpack: Listen, Talk, Answer - Support Your Child's Learning
Mrs. Lau and Mrs. Andrade
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