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Language and Literacy is one of the five central domains of the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF). This collection features resources to help infants, toddlers, and preschoolers understand and respond to communication and language. Some focus on emergent literacy, which refers to the knowledge and skills that lay the foundation for reading and writing skills.
Other ELOF domains include Approaches to Learning; Social and Emotional Development; Cognition; and Perceptual, Motor, and Physical Development.
Explore resources related to alphabet knowledge and early writing skills in young children, as well as support strategies for parents and families. See how the skills develop through the eyes of kindergartener Joan.
Explore this brief to learn how home visitors can support children who are learning more than one language. Find out how a solid foundation in a child’s home language is key to later language success.
When you read with children, they connect the words they hear to the pictures on the page and things in their world. Learn why story time is important for children’s brain development.
Learn more about emergent literacy. Discover the many ways young children can engage with books, from holding and turning the pages, to pointing to and talking about the pictures and asking questions.
Learn about emergent writing and the writing process. Discover ways to support children's emergent writing skills.
Use this resource to check whether materials for children and families are culturally and linguistically appropriate.
Explore key pieces of information about a Planned Language Approach, including its purpose, benefits, and where to start.
This resource offers sequenced guidance for programs to use as they implement the recommendations in Classroom Language Models: A Leader's Implementation Manual.
HeadStart.gov
official website of the Administration for Children and Families
