Playful Pathways to Language and Literacy Development
Help me give my students an engaging and inclusive learning environment that supports language development and early literacy skills.
$687 goal
This project expired on April 8, 2025.
This project expired on April 8, 2025.
Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month
This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because
it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.
My Project
Through play, children will build language and early literacy skills by engaging in activities that promote communication, comprehension, and the foundations of reading and writing. When children play, they naturally develop language skills by using words and phrases to express themselves, ask questions, and describe their surroundings. This helps them expand their vocabulary and understand sentence structure and grammar. Dolls with disabilities are valuable tools for fostering empathy and inclusivity while also supporting language development. Children who play with these dolls learn to communicate about differences positively and naturally. This type of play encourages children to engage in conversations, ask questions, and create stories that help them understand the experiences of others.
By making language and early literacy skills fun and interactive, children are more likely to develop a lifelong love of learning and communication.
Alphabet games are essential for building early literacy skills in an engaging and interactive way. These games help children with letter recognition, phonemic awareness, and sound-letter associations. As they play, they practice saying letter names and sounds, matching letters to pictures, and forming simple words.
Transforming the dramatic play area into a grocery store is a fantastic way to encourage language development and early literacy. In a grocery store setting, children can engage in role-play that involves using and practicing everyday language. They can take on roles such as cashier, customer, or store manager, which encourages them to use vocabulary related to shopping, food, and transactions. This type of play builds their communication skills and helps them learn how to follow and give directions, ask questions, and practice turn-taking in conversations.
Nearly all students from low‑income households
Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more
30 students impacted
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