Module 5: Living Inquiries – Communication and Literacies
Pathways for Engaging with Communication and Literacies
The Early Learning Framework presents the following pathways to design environments and cultivate practices to inspire communication and literacies:
Educators listen to, honor, and encourage the incredible range of expressive languages children use to communicate.
Children hear stories, poems, rhythms, chants, and songs that connect to the child’s culture.
Children and educators engage in meaningful, reciprocal conversations.
Children can engage with verbal, symbolic, and written languages that are meaningful to them and their community.
Educators recognize the sounds children make as forms of communication, and provide opportunities for children to explore and play with sounds and words.
Educators reflect on both the creative and the negative potentials of technology and childhood.
