Early Childhood Learning Materials Available

This is a post George Needham made to "It's All Good," a blog to which he and OCLC colleagues contribute. If public libraries are in the business of helping parents and caregivers prepare young children for reading and learning, then it would seem to make sense to provide learning tools like these from library web sites to support that role.

Washington Learning Systems in Seattle is offering free access to materials to assist in early childhood education.

According to the press release I received: These materials include 14 activities designed to be used outside the home: in the car, while walking, during bus rides, etc.

The activities encourage early language and literacy development from birth through preschool. They are appropriate for children with disabilities as well as children who are developing typically.

The development of these materials was supported by Grant H324M020084 from the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs.

The materials are available in English and Spanish.You can download the materials here.

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