Virtual Learning with Preschoolers

·          Choose one storybook and literary unit as your focus. It is most effective to repeat that story with activities for a month.·   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 student.    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:

       Each situation will be unique depending on your school district and students. 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 may print and prepare selected activities for each child and parent. You could then scan and 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 unit. 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 of the 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 curriculum. 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 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.