Literacy

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In elementary education, literacy stands for “introducing children to literature in preschool age”. These include, for example, skills in dealing with books or picture books, awareness of the functions of writing, first letter-sound connections, linguistic abstraction ability and enjoyment of dealing with writing. In this sense, the Germanized term literacy corresponds to the English emergent literacy .

Traditionally, literacy relates more to print media . Other forms are usually described in more detail, for example visual literacy or film literacy .

Training literacy is seen as a task of pre-school education and upbringing in day-care centers.

requirements

A prerequisite for literacy education is, in particular, a conducive room design in the day-care centers, i. H. For example, high-quality and attractive material and inviting reading corners. In addition, motivational conversation behavior of the caregiver is important. Cooperation between the institutions and libraries and legal guardians is recommended. To assess and improve literacy work in institutions, the State Institute for Early Education in Munich developed a comprehensive questionnaire.

Literacy activities

Activities that promote literacy include: looking at picture books, songs, rhymes and finger games as well as role and theater plays. There are also a number of ways to promote literacy in everyday life, for example pointing out the meaning of signs, writing shopping lists together or writing your own name.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Rainer Jaszus, Irmgard Büchin Wilhelm, Martina Mader-Berg, Wolfgang Gutmann (ed.): Social-educational fields of action for educators, Holland and Jose Hans Verlag, Stuttgart 2008, p 485
  2. ^ Bavarian State Ministry for Labor and Social Affairs, Family and Integration & State Institute for Early Pedagogy, Bavarian Education and Upbringing Plan for Children in Day Care Centers up to School Entrance, Berlin: Cornelsen Scriptor, 2016 [2006]. Pp. 195–238 ( online ), accessed April 19, 2018
  3. ↑ Literacy and Language in Daycare Centers (PDF)