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Language and Literacy

The road to language and literacy success begins with the most important adults in a young child’s life – their parents and early childhood educators.

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Children learn language and literacy best when adults engage them in enjoyable interactions that build their confidence and support their learning. Whether it’s at home or in early childhood settings, there’s so much adults can do to give young children the best possible start.

Did You Know?

Early language and literacy are mutually reinforcing skills – when you build one, you also build the other.

How it works 

When you support a child’s language, you also support their literacy, since the words a child can say and understand now will later become the words they read and write. On the other hand, when you share books with children, you also build their language skills, since you’re introducing them to new words and ideas that they can talk about.

Explore the links below for information and tips to support language and literacy during everyday activities and interactions.

Early Literacy
Language in Early Childhood Settings