Strategies to Support Emergent Literacy: Increasing the Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 3)

Children from low income backgrounds can be at risk for difficulty with both print awareness and phonological awareness, the foundations of emergent literacy. Intervention consisting of explicit instruction in phonological awareness just two times a week for half an hour demonstrated effectiveness. Stephanie provides strategies that providers and parents alike can use with children from low income background to support emergent literacy. Find the other modules in this series below:

The Achievement Gap: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 1) 

Importance of Parent Training in Early Literacy: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 2) 

Strategies to Support Emergent Literacy: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 3) 

Increasing Literacy in Adolescents: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 4) 

Optimizing the Learning Environment: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 5) 

Contextualize Language for Learning: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds (Part 6) 

Increasing Executive Functioning: Increasing Language Skills of Children from Low Income Backgrounds: (Part 7)