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Subject: EDUCNumber: 793
Title: Literacy & Learning: The Building Blocks
Level: GraduateMedium: Text-based
Semester: On-goingUnits: 3
Cost: $360Register: Online Registration (LEI courses)
Description: 
This course provides creative and practical strategies that can be used to create a literacy-rich environment for the young learner. Explore ways to promote phonemics, phonetic awareness, alphabetic knowledge, and fluency. Whether you are a teacher, a parent, or child-care professional, this course will provide a multitude of interesting and meaningful ways to support and provide literacy to the youngest children in your care.
Objectives: 
As a result of this participation in this course, students should:
  1. Apply the latest research on emergent literacy in their classrooms.
  2. Understand the role that effacacy and social-referencing play in literacy development..
  3. Understand the role dialogic reading plays in literacy development.
  4. Understand ways they can help children build firm literacy foundations through emotional, social, and familial support.
Textbook: NA
Instructor: Kyle Pederson, Joe Cotter, Dr. William Martin
Website Updated: September 2, 2008
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