New York Parenting Programs
Family Literacy
In designing the Literacy Institute training curriculum, CCE Educators drew upon theoretical and research-based knowledge of child development in general and of literacy development in particular. Such research suggests that literacy development begins in the very early stages of childhood. It also provides an understanding of the literacy acquisition of young children and suggests strategies that can help children become successful, confident readers and writers. With the support of parents, caregivers, early childhood educators, and teachers, as well as exposure to a literacy-rich environment, children successfully progress from emergent to conventional reading. Information was offered on the following topics:
- The importance of play in infant development
- The connection between play & learning in toddler development
- The effect on parental interaction on children's brain development
- Temperament and child development: the child later in life
- Developmentally appropriate practice
- The importance of having print material
- Best practices in early childhood education available at home
- Internet resources for parents on emergent literacy
- Family literacy practices and strategies for positive discipline
- Importance of loving, warm parent-child
- the role of parents in emergent literacy
For more information about the Institute contact Nancy Olsen-Harbich, CCE Suffolk County at no18@cornell.edu