Components of Emergent Literacy
From the time we are born, we begin to develop communication knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Communication knowledge, skills, and dispositions develop into language knowledge, skills, and dispositions and further develop into literacy knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Emergent literacy refers to the earliest developmental period from birth to when children begin to discover the alphabetic principle or the match between letters and spoken sounds. Some components occur before formal literacy instruction begins while others take shape as a result of instruction. View the slides to see the components of emergent literacy.
