Language Arts: Harness the Power
Natalie Maus and Sarah Mesterton-Gibbons
Navigating the Sea of Childcare Business
K-W-L
What do you Know?
What do you Want to Know?
What have you Learned?
Display sound/spelling cards and review daily to learn letter sounds and to reinforce
correct letter sounds (our Southern accents make it difficult!)
Label items in the classroom by wring words on cardstock and taping it to the item.
Review the words often. Examples- door, sink, table, chair
Create labels for your cubbies and shelves so the kids know where to put items back to
make clean-up time easy. If possible, include a word and a picture (you can draw or
use a photo) on your label.
Make several copies of sight word lists. Send a copy home at the beginning of EVERY
month! Make flash cards of all the sight words and use them daily during circle time.
K-W-L…It’s great to start with what they know. Other wise you are teaching way over
(or under) their head!
PBS Shows: Language Arts
Oh Noah!
• Help children learn Spanish
• Also works well for Spanish-speaking children struggling
with English
• Interactive Videos
• Printable Worksheets
• Ages 3-6
• Website has lesson plans,
worksheets, games and more
• Super WHY! Summer reading
camp curriculum
• Learning Goals:
• Letter Recognition
• Spelling
• Vocabulary
• Word Families
• Decoding
• Let’s play Alpha Pig Bingo!
Reading Camps Overview
SUPER WHY Reading Camp is a breakthrough, weeklong program that invites
kids to transform into Super Readers & practice key literacy skills:
• Created for 4-6 year-olds with an emphasis on low-income families
• Extends the learning from the series through episode viewing, extended
learning activities, interactive literacy games, literacy-themed crafts,
body movement exercises, branded music & take home worksheets
• 100 episodes
• Foster literacy skills and
demonstrate the joys of
reading
• Silly songs and skits
Website Features:
• Gawain’s Word
• Vowel Boot Camp
• Reading With
Children
• Word Worms
Creating a Reading Center can be EASY!
Miss Rosa Clip
What are some materials
you could use to create a
“Reading Nook” in your
classroom?
Miss Rosa Clip 2
• Emmy Award-winning series
• Targeted to 3- to7-year olds
• Premiered in September 2007
• Currently in its third season
• Children with disabilities such as Autism and Hearing Impairment benefit from the
visual effects
• Teaches emergent Literacy skills: letter identification, word decoding, phonics,
fluency, phonemic awareness, word encoding,
vocabulary, reading comprehension
Web Resources Include:
• Interactive WordBuilding and WordPlay games
• Activities reinforce lessons learned in episodes
• Resources for parents and educators:
Duck is still learning his letters and letter sounds…and, often, his social
skills, which can get him into some pretty silly situations. Luckily he has his
WordFriends to help him out of trouble.
First in line is usually Frog, the cautious brainiac and word “expert,” whose
crazy inventions sometimes don’t work exactly as planned. Frog can get
frustrated by Duck but cares for him like a brother.
There is also Sheep, who loves to pretend. She will take on the role of
detective, princess, super hero—anything to help her friends!
Pig, a marvelous chef and a bit of a “ham,” lives life moment by glorious
moment.
His best buddy, Ant, is a hard-working bundle of energy who manages to
keep Pig in check, run a radio station out of his anthill, and lead a family of
hundreds of ant cousins.
Dog is a WordFriend’s best friend and is always ready to play, play, play
(and build a word)!
Duck and his WordFriends go on comic adventures and face challenges
that can only be resolved with the right word. That word is built letter by
letter, or sound by sound, during the funky “Build a Word” song at the end
of every episode. Once the word is built, it “morphs” —comes alive—into
the thing it is!
http://pbskids.org/wordworld/characters/sheep.html
Sesame Street – Season 44
Sesame Street Tool Kits
• Literacy
• Parent/Caregiver Guide, Videos
and more
Word on the Street
• Word repeated throughout
episode
Word on the Street
What do nibble, remember, and champion have
in common? They're all Words on the Street!
Hosted by Murray, Word on the Street segments
are a fun way to foster language skills through
new vocabulary.
PBS KIDS Island
• Create login to play
– Groups or individuals
– Caregiver info
with each game
• Track progress
• Let’s play!