Early Literacy Resources for Early Childhood Educators and Childcare Providers
It’s one thing to know the difference early literacy makes in the lives of young children. It’s another thing for educators to have access to all the resources required to help children foster reading-readiness skills. MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS understands how challenging it is for many preschools and childcare centers, especially those serving underprivileged children, to obtain quality early literacy instructional resources. To help fill the gap, MAKE WAY FOR BOOKS provides professional development opportunities as well as research-based early literacy teaching guides and activities. MWFB also provides a full continuum of preschool resources through its Preschool Program for centers participating in Quality First, a First Things First initiative.
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Professional Development WorkshopsMWFB workshops provide instruction on best practices for teaching the early literacy/reading-readiness skills introduced in the MWFB Teaching Guides. The workshops cover early childhood development, read-aloud techniques, storytime models; integration of daily literacy activities, classroom management, and lending library set-up and maintenance. Workshop Topics |
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Early Literacy Teaching GuidesMWFB early literacy teaching guides include suggested books and activities. The teaching guides are provided as a supplement to the professional development workshops. Because the teaching guides are an integral component of the workshops, MWFB strongly recommends that educators attend the applicable workshops before using the teaching guides. |
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Preschool ProgramThis program encompasses the full continuum of MWFB services and resources for preschools and childcare centers: lending libraries; professional development; teaching guides and activity-based lessons; weekly story times; curriculum and standards consultation; family literacy events, and book distributions to children.  The Preschool program is funded in large part by First Things First. First Things First, approved by Arizona voters, works to ensure that our youngest children have access to quality early childhood experiences so they will start school healthy and ready to succeed. |
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