Children’s language and literacy skills are developed through verbal communication. It is during engaging
activities with books and conversation that children learn and develop receptive and expressive language
abilities. Not all books lend themselves to oral language and communication development. Books that help
children develop language skills have detailed pictures, explanation of the key vocabulary, and/or descriptive language.
Literacy bags are a wonderful method for encouraging at-home literacy development. Sending children’s books home with an activity to support reading, writing, listening, or speaking can improve emergent reader’s skills.
For this assignment, create three 190-500 word handouts for families. One for infants, one for toddlers, and one for preschool that explains literacy bags and how families can employ them to enhance their child’s literacy. Handouts should be visually appealing and include at least one graphic element.