2.C.ECa

Interact with a variety of types of texts (e.g., storybooks, poems, rhymes, songs).

Encouraging Literacy Development in Preschoolers

Encouraging Literacy Development in Preschoolers

Resource Lists
The Horse Project

The Horse Project

Project Approach, Project Examples
Up Up and Away: The Airplane Project

Up Up and Away: The Airplane Project

Project Approach, Project Examples
Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 2—Organizing the Children’s Web

Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 2—Organizing the Children’s Web

Lesson Planning in the Context of Projects, Project Approach
Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 1—Creating the Children's Web

Topic Webs in Project Work: Part 1—Creating the Children’s Web

Lesson Planning in the Context of Projects, Project Approach
Helping Children Take Surveys

Helping Children Take Surveys

Lesson Planning in the Context of Projects, Project Approach
Things to Sit On

Things to Sit On

Project Approach, Project Guides
All About Gardens

All About Gardens

Project Approach, Project Guides
From Door to Door: A Project about Doors and Gates

From Door to Door: A Project about Doors and Gates

Project Approach, Project Guides
Investigating Wheels

Investigating Wheels

Project Approach, Project Guides
Magnets and Cars

Magnets and Cars

Benchmark Videos, Videos
Mack Reads His Book

Mack Reads His Book

Benchmark Videos, Videos
Learning about a Stethoscope

Learning about a Stethoscope

Benchmark Videos, Videos
Counting Crackers

Counting Crackers

Benchmark Videos, Videos
Bouncing Balls

Bouncing Balls

Benchmark Videos, Videos
Read and Write Together

Read and Write Together

Graphic Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets
Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started

Project Approach: Phase 1—Getting Started

Tip Sheets
Literacy across the Preschool Curriculum

Literacy across the Preschool Curriculum

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
mom and child drawing

Young Authors at Work: Story Dictations

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
What’s Next? Predictions at Story Time

What’s Next? Predictions at Story Time

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Using Predictable Books with Young Children

Using Predictable Books with Young Children

Infant/toddler Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Project Approach: Children Taking Surveys

Project Approach: Children Taking Surveys

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
Natural Illinois: Birds

Natural Illinois: Birds

Tip Sheets, Tip Sheets Aligned to Benchmarks
The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 25.A.ECc

The Arts Lesson Addressing Benchmark 25.A.ECc

Adapting Lesson Plans to Meet IELDS Benchmarks
Fun at Home with Preschoolers: Getting Ready to Read!

Fun at Home with Preschoolers: Getting Ready to Read!

Tip Sheets
wagon

Project Approach: Phase 3—Concluding the Project

Tip Sheets
children with crayons

Getting Ready to Read and Write in Child Care

Tip Sheets