Deje que el lenguaje marque el rumbo a la alfabetización is the second of three booklets in the Spanish Teacher Talk™ Booklet Series.

This booklet outlines key strategies for promoting emergent literacy development from the Learning Language and Loving™ guidebook, and includes fillable sections to help educators plan how they will apply the content with children in their care. The workbook helps educators understand the important links between oral language development and literacy, and provides practical strategies for paving the way for children to read and write. 

Deje que el lenguaje marque el rumbo a la alfabetización supports educators to: 

Help children develop a positive attitude toward the use of print.

• Choose books that match children’s interests and stages of development.
• Use book reading as a time for interaction and conversation.
• Make print a natural and meaningful part of every day. 

• Outlines key strategies from the Learning Language and Loving It guidebook for supporting early literacy. 
• Fillable sections to personalize the content and plan how to implement the strategies with particular children in various contexts. 
• Illustrated examples of educators using the strategies.
• A Notes section for educators to record additional thoughts.