Improving Early Literacy Outcomes

Improving Early Literacy Outcomes - "Early childhood and elementary-level educators are engaging in conversations about how to coordinate their efforts to develop fluent readers. There is evidence that key early literacy skills that are predictive of subsequent literacy achievement in kindergarten and first grade can be taught to preschool-age children. Moreover, early childhood instruction and specially designed experiences can mitigate the development of learning disabilities in reading and enhance school readiness. One of the critical factors in addressing language and literacy skills at the preschool level is administrative leadership and support leading to the development and implementation of an early language and literacy model. Through development, implementation, and evaluation of Project ELI (Early Literacy Initiative) in our early childhood program during the past six years, we have been teaching our preschool children the early literacy and language skills necessary for later reading success."