Literacy Resource Teaching Kit

Literacy Resource Teaching
Kit

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Resource 1 Oral Language - Infants............................................................................................3
Resource 2 Story-telling - Toddlers.............................................................................................7
Resource 3 Digital Technology – Pre-schoolers.......................................................................10
Resource 4 Critical Literacy – Pre-schoolers............................................................................13
Resource 5 Writing – Foundational Year (Kindergarten in NSW – First year of school)........16
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................19
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................20

INTRODUCTION
Literacy resources help in literacy development which is the most important part of the
overall development of the child. There are various activities which help in developing the
literacy of the child such as reading, singing, drawing, story-telling and writing. The resources
for literacy development for different age groups are different (Merrins, Kazmierczak-Murray
and Perkins, 2019). The report will shed light on the various resources for toddlers, preschoolers,
infants etc. to develop their various skills and literacy. It will also highlight the reason for
choosing the particular resource for the particular literacy. It will also explain the ways in which
resource can be used by implementing various teacher strategies. It will also mention the
learning outcomes which are achieved by the resource.
Resource 1 Oral Language - Infants
Name & Picture of resource:
Puppets for oral learning development of
the infants.
Rationale (Why is this, an
appropriate resource for
oral language?) –
Puppets can be the best
resource for teaching the
oral language to the infants.
This helps in making the
faces of the infants light up.
They are the things which
can be used by the children
to slide their hands inside
and also helps in bringing
them to life (Cavazos,
2017). Children also love
to express their feelings
and invent the dialogue and
conversations with the
puppet. These are used by
the parents, teachers and
Explain ways
resource can be
used & teaching
strategies that the
resource promotes –
The puppets can be
used by the parents
and teachers by
sliding the small
puppet in the tip of
the spoon of the
child so that they
can enjoy eating
and frankly
speaking (Awang,
2020). The teachers
can motivate them
to express their
feelings with puppet
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caregivers of the infants
also.
so that they do not
get hesitated and
can become able to
remove the stage
fear. The teachers
can also role play
with children and
during conversation
making use of the
model effective
language. The
teachers must use
the complete
sentences by
making use of
sophisticated
vocabulary which
can help in giving
reference to the own
speaking of infants.
The teachers can
also arrange for the
moving as well as
speaking puppets as
after seeing them
the infants become
excited to express
their emotions and
excitement (Sanden,
2020). Puppet
shows can be
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organised for
introducing new
concepts of
children.
Literacy Developmental Skills promoted
by the resource –
Emotional development, gaining the
confidence in speaking and reading, music
appreciation, motor skills, guidance,
capturing the attention, promoting the
dramatic play, encouraging creativity, lack
of loneliness can be removed.
How can Blank’s Levels
of Talk be used with this
resource–
1. Matching: Another
resource which can
be like puppet can
be the soft toy or
any cartoon. The
puppets can be
touched and even
their voice can be
heard (Grove,
2017). The
questions asked to
the infants can be
what they can hear,
what did they touch,
what is the object
etc. The infants can
point to the object
to answer.
2. Selective Analysis:
This describes the
details of the
objects along with
analysing its
EYLF Learning
Outcomes linked
to the resource –
Emotional
development,
learning etiquettes,
boosts the
confidence in
reading and
speaking, stimulates
imagination,
improves motor
skills, increases
group participation
etc.
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functions. The
questions can be
what happened,
describe its
features, how is it
different etc.
3. Reordering
Perception: These
do not deal with
direct questions
instead the
predictions are used
by the listener.
These include what
will be happening
next, what is the
thing which can be
used with the
puppet, identifying
the similarities
between two objects
like puppet and soft
toy.
4. Reasoning: These
questions are to be
answered by
making use of the
past experiences.
These include why
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