How do we make literacy meaningful and relevant to our young children? 

 

Everyone is welcome to attend this community workshop

Language and Literacy at Play in the Early Years

on Tuesday 18th October at 4pm

A free and informal workshop designed to increase knowledge and awareness for opportunities to support young children's literacy development and how it plays a part in everyday life.

Presented by our Nursery School Manager, Evieann Barber.  Evieann has a MA in Human Development Specializing in Leadership in Education, College Teaching and a BA in Early Childhood Education with a minor in Anthropology. She holds a five year certification as a Child Life Specialist and a credential as a bereavement facilitator to work with families who are experiencing grief from a loss. Her love and dedication for working with children and families extends over 25 years.

We know that 90% of the physical brain is developed in the first five years of life and that a good early childhood program supports this important neurological development.

Early literacy is based on experiences with language in all its forms and that success in a lifelong love of reading is not based on early acquisition of ABC’s, but on early experience with language.

Play comes naturally to children and must be nourished by adults as it serves VERY important development purposes.

See you at the Language and Literacy at Play Workshop!

Read more on this subject in the latest issue of 'Invest Time in a Child's Mind' Nursery Newsletter.

Learn more about our Nursery School.