Knowledge is Power
Virtual teaching/learning is overwhelming! Preschoolers, especially those with language delays, have never before had to interact with teachers and classmates in this manner. Not all students or parents are familiar with the idea of screen time, and some don’t want to participate.
Read It Once Again is a curriculum created especially for children with language delays, which includes children with cognitive delays, autism, and those at risk for failure. Our units are based on popular childrens’ storybooks.
Our digital curriculum and graphics downloads will help you share activities with students and parents. Our digital curriculum downloads come complete with activities, lesson plan suggestions, and digital graphics!
The digital units are offered in a PDF format. The digital graphics download offers the graphics needed to complete activities in black and white and in color, in both PDF and WORD format. In the WORD format, you can manipulate the graphics and create unique activities which accommodate the individual needs of each child.
Refer to the links for 20 Level 1 and 20 Level 2 Foundational Speech and Language skills to determine which activities are most appropriate for the needs of your students. (For more guidance, watch our training modules that are provided free on our website. For actual examples of incorporating activities with Level 1 units, make sure to watch Module #9 which will give examples of how to implement activities to achieve specific goals.)
How to Implement in a Virtual Learning Environment
Here are some suggestions that may be appropriate for your needs.
Strongly recommended:
- Each home has a copy of the storybook to be used with your lessons and activities. Many of our storybooks are available through Scholastic Literacy partners at a 43% discount.
- Make sure each home has a copy of the activity you will be demonstrating during your virtual lesson.
- You can print and prepare selected activities for each child and parent. You could then scan or email the activities to share with parents.
- Or, you may choose to create story bags to include one or more activities from the Read It Once Again Make sure the lesson plan page is included with each activity to guide parents as they work independently with their children. Parents can pick up story bags or they may be delivered/mailed to their home.
- Read the story and demonstrate to parents how to extend the story with one or more activities.
- Send activities so that the parents continue to read and practice language-based activities during the month.
- Young children learn most effectively when they are engaged in hands-on learning. There should be a balance between screen time and supplemental activities provided with the Read It Once Again This is why it is imperative that parents have hands-on activities available for them to reinforce basic concepts after reading the story with their child at home.
- On your next session, present one or more activities to extend new concepts that pertain to the same book.
- Repeat this practice for approximately one month using the same story.
- Choose another book and unit to repeat the process.
Suggestions:
- Share the story selection, goals and activities with speech therapist and other therapists as well.
- Sequencing cards are included as the first activity in the language section of every Level 1 unit. There are many ways these cards can be used to enhance language development. We suggest that the sequencing cards be provided to caregivers for each unit.
Let Read It Once Again literacy digital units be the solution for providing success in a virtual learning environment.
Do you know other teachers who are struggling? Please share this information with them, and call us if you have any questions or need additional information!
