Today the Emerging Literacy in Early Learning and Childcare (ELC) Toolkit has been launched, designed to support ELC settings through self-facilitated professional learning in taking a developmental approach to Emerging Literacy.

The online toolkit includes a suite of professional learning online modules in:

• adult/child interaction in ELC
• concepts of print in ELC
• oral language in ELC
• phonological awareness in ELC
• pre-handwriting in ELC.

The adult/child interaction module takes between 1.5-2 hours, and the others take around 45 minutes to 1 hour to work through in a group. It is recommended that practitioners engage with the adult/child interaction module first, and then the others in an order that is most appropriate to the setting.

The online modules are designed so that settings can work through them at a pace that is appropriate to them as part of their ongoing self-evaluation and improvement planning. Each module is designed to be engaged with individually, with practitioners exploring the principles of that module in practice in the weeks following engagement with the online training.

CLICK HERE – Taking a developmental approach to Emerging Literacy in Early Learning and Childcare (ELC)