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: Moving beyond just reading a story to using "dialogic reading," where adults prompt children with specific "WH" (Who, What, Where) or recall questions to encourage active participation.

Research suggests that workshops alone may have mixed results; the most effective PD often includes:

Effective professional learning communities often structure their training around these four key pillars: Emergent Literacy and Language Development: Pro...

: Improving educator-child verbal interactions, including the use of open-ended questions and interactive storytelling to build narrative skills. Evidence-Based Instructional Strategies

: Techniques for providing rich linguistic input through purposeful use of advanced words and expanding on a child’s own utterances. : Moving beyond just reading a story to

: Learning how to help children understand the function and characteristics of written language, such as recognizing letters and understanding that print carries meaning.

The oral language and emergent literacy skills of preschoolers - PMC : Learning how to help children understand the

: Labeling classroom items, displaying alphabet walls, and providing accessible reading and writing centers to make literacy a natural part of the day.