EDU 14700 - Language Arts For Early Childhood

Join us for an exciting journey into the science of reading tailored for introductory learning. We will dive into the theories of how children, from birth to kindergarten, develop language and emergent literacy skills. We will cover the 5 essential skills (phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension) that are rooted in best practices and backed by evidence. With a focus child in mind, you will create, implement, assess, and reflect on planned learning experiences integrating course concepts.

Cr. 3.
Student Learning Outcomes
1. Explain how language and literacy skills are acquired and how children move into symbolic systems such as language.
2. Demonstrate appropriate methodologies for teaching and assessing language and literacy skills using an integrated system of listening, speaking, writing, and reading while using appropriate practice for various linguistic differences.
3. Plan and implement developmentally appropriate literacy curriculum and instructional practices, based on knowledge of individual children, the community, curriculum goals and content, and self-reflection.
4. Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationships among culture, language, and thought and of the function of the home language in the development of young children.
5. Demonstrate understanding of supporting parents in helping to develop their children’s language and literacy skills.
6. Explain the importance of students’ use of strategies to construct meaning as they read and write for various purposes in a variety of contexts.