Building Blocks for Literacy Preschool Collaborations
The Essence
BUILDING BLOCKS FOR LITERACY® is an early literacy program based on recommendations from the National Research Council (NRC) and the outcomes of the 2008 National Literacy Panel that support early care and education providers as they build the early literacy skills of three-to-five-year-old children.
These skills include:
- Vocabulary and Language Development
- Shared Book Reading
- Phonological Awareness
- Speech to Print Connection including Alphabet Knowledge
The Program Elements
6-hour Applied Training (an overview of research-based, developmentally appropriate strategies)
Vocabulary and Language Development
Shared Book Reading
Phonological Awareness
Speech to Print Connection including Alphabet Knowledge
3-hour Modules (available independently)
Mentorships12-hour Online Self-paced Course
3-credit Undergraduate Course
Parent Workshops
Introduction to Free BUILDING BLOCKS website http://www.buildingblocksforliteracy.org/
Transition to Kindergarten (a gathering for teachers, providers, and parents)
6, 1-hour Monthly Visits (focusing on individual BUILDING BLOCKS strategies and coaching of strategies provided onsite in classrooms or at early care and educationproviders’ sites.
The Research
- Stern Center for Language and Learning research, published in the Early Education and Development Journal (2005), and cited in Toward the Identification of Features of Effective Professional Development for Early Childhood Educators: Literature Review (US DOE, 2010) , demonstrates results for early care and education providers using BUILDING BLOCKS strategies·
- All children made significant gains as would be expected developmentally.
- Target children made significantly greater preliteracy gains than children in the control group.
- Most compelling, a significantly greater number of target children were no longer at risk for reading failure after the intervention. Over the course of 6 months, 35% of targeted children versus only 07% of the control group rose from an at-risk level to an above-at-risk level.
Pricing
Contact Linnea Oosterman about various opportunities and costs loosterman@sterncenter.org