Literacy eBook – Pillar Learning

chapter5 · Mar 27, 2019

Chapter 4: Early Childhood Writing

While this guide focuses on recognizing letters and words while reading, writing is a great support to learning progressively more difficult words. Your child will find writing their own stories as a great reward for all their diligent practice. Be...

Mar 27, 2019

Chapter 5: What's Reading Like in Schools Today?

Modern preschool and Kindergarten classrooms might look very different from what you remembered—the walls are packed with rules and lessons, activity stations are often filled with books as well as pretend play toys, and writing instruments are widely available. In...

chapter3 · Mar 27, 2019

Chapter 2: Easy and Effective Teaching Strategies

We often read to children--but how do we read with them? Reading stories with your child is the most effective way to build fluency and literacy. From infants who aren’t speaking yet on their own all the way to early...

chapter4 · Mar 20, 2019

Chapter 3: Favorite Reading Topics

Pick books about topics or themes that your child loves as well as topics you care about--explaining why something is important to you not only builds your child’s perspective that reading is fun, it shows her that reading can help...

chapter1 · Introduction · Mar 20, 2019

Introduction: What Literacy Skills Should My Child Be Practicing?

Table of Contents Welcome to Pillar Learning's early childhood literacy guide! In this ebook, we will explore your child's literacy development from ages 0 to 8, the most current reading strategies, and how you can support your child's learning at...