Early Literacy

Telecollaborative Project

A compilation of research, strategies, and resources for teachers and parents!

The Early Literacy Project is part of the Telus Learning Connection Project Centre (www.2learn.ca) and started as a dream of two teachers, Carol and Terry. Initial work on this web site began January, 1999, with the input of early literacy resources (poems, raps, chants, fingerplays, rhymes) and subsequent additions of strategies, research, and classroom implications.


Background Information: What do we know about early literacy? Research and classroom implications Parent Information: Ideas to support literacy development at home.

Strategies:  Ideas for teachers and parents

Literacy Links: A vast collection of information  available on the net.


Resources
: Poems, rhymes, chants, and small stories ready for you!
 

Predictable Books: Patterns and sample book titles; a great resource for parents and teachers.

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This site has several other webs have been developed to extend and support this web:
Literature for Literacy (phonemic awareness): http://www.literatureforliterature.ecsd.net
Kindergarten Literacy (a full year project involving 8 kindergarten teachers documenting their literacy experiences): http://www.kinderlit.ecsd.net
Learning to Read: http://www.learningtoread.ecsd.net
Learning to Write: http://www.learningtowrite.ecsd.net
Words for Beginning Readers: http://www.beginningreaders.ecsd.net 
Readers Theatre K-3: http://www.readerstheatre.ecsd.net
Canadian Author Studies : http://www.canadianauthorstudies.ecsd.net/
International Author Studies: http://www.internationalauthorstudies.ecsd.net
Online Books: http://www.onlinebooks.ecsd.net
Canada Goose Rhymes (rewritten Nursery Rhymes for North Americans): http://www.canadagooserhymes.ecsd.net
Music Mania (supports for early literacy using music): http://www.musicmania.ecsd.net 
 

Project Page - history and membership