LE Trini:WELCOME BACK TO
"LIVING 808."
KAMA'AINAKAMA'AINA KIDS IS FINDING NEW,
FUN WAYS TO TEACH LITERACY IN
THEIR CLASSROOM.
THEY'RE GOING TO SHARE SOME OF
THEIR INFO WITH US.
WE WELCOME NEVETRA WHORLINE AND
CHANELLE MATTOS.
WHY IS EARLY LITERACY SO
IMPORTANT?
BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EARLY
READING SKILLSR THE BASIS
TOWARDS ALL LEARNING AND -- IN
ALL SUBJECTS.
TO BECOME CREATIVE THINKERS,
BREAK THINGS DOWN.
UNDERSTAND FUNDAMENTALS OF
READING AND BEING BETTER READERS
SETS THE FOUNDATION FOR THEM TO
BE HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL THROUGHOUT
THEIR EDUCATIONAL PROCESS.
Trini: AND YOU'RE ALSO
DEVELOPING A LOVE FOR READING.
WHEN WE SAY START EARLY, WHAT
AGE ARE WE TALKING ABOUT?
WHAT'S A GOOD AGE TO START?
AS EARLY AS IN THE WOMAN. WOMB.
AUDIO BOOKS, HEADFOREIGNSFOREIGN --
HEADPHONES.
SIX WEEKS, IT'S NEVER TOO SOON
TO START LOVING BOOKS AND WORDS.
AND UNDERSTANDING.
Trini: THAT'S GREAT.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE FUN WAYS
THAT PARENTS CAN WORK WITH THEIR
KIDS AND TEACH THEM READING?
WE BROUGHT TODAY A COUPLE OF
EXAMPLES OF WHAT SOME OF OUR
TEACHERS DO IN OUR CLASSROOM.
IT'S A DO IT YOURSELF WAY AT
HOME.
THIS IS AN EXAMPLE.
JUST REGULAR CLOTHESPIN,
CONSTRUCTION PAPER AND A
AND HAVE THEM MATCH IT.
AND SPELL HIS NAME.
SO IT'S JUST SOMETHING SIMPLE.
MIX THEM UP AND HAVE IT SIT
THE LETTERS.
SIGHT READING, LEARNING HOW
TO SPELL THEIR NAMES.
YOU COULD DO THE SAME THING WITH
POPSICLE STICKS.
MAKE IT OUT OF ORDERED AND HAVE
THEM LEARN HOW TO PUT IT IN
CORRECT ORDER.
VELCRO, SUPER CHEAP AS WELL.
YOU CAN UNDO IT AND PUT THE
LETTERS ON THE TABLE AND HAVE
THEM LEARN HOW TO PROPERLY SPELL
THEIR NAME.
Trini: I LOVE THIS.
THINKING, I'VE SEEN THIS IN
CLASSROOM SETTINGS.
I BET MOST PARENTS DON'T THINK
THEY COULD DO IT AT HOME.
IT'S SUPER SIMPLE.
YOUYOU JUST HAVE TO BE CREATIVE.
YOU CAN MAKE AT-HOME PUZZLES.
PUT THEIR NAME, CUT IT UP.
AND HAVE THEM LEARN HOW TO SPELL
IN OUR CLASS.
IT'S GOT THE ALPHABET.
AND THERE'S THE PEN.
AND THEY'RE LEARNING FINE MOTOR.
THEY PUT THE LETTER WHERE IT'S
SUPPOSED TO GO.
ALL DIFFERENT WAYS YOU CAN USE
TO TEACH CHILDREN LIT LITERACY,
ALPHABET.
YOU HAVE TO BE CREATIVE AND FUN.
Trini: BY TEACHING THEM
THESE THINGS, THEY'RE LEARNING
OTHER SKILLS.
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE OTHER
THINGS THEY CAN LEARN BY USE
THESE PROP?
A BIG THING IS COGNITION.
WHEN THEY SEE THE LETTERS THAT
FORMULATE THEIR NAME, LEARNING
SEQUENCE ORDER IS IMPORTANT.
IF YOU'RE TAKING THESE OFF AND
TELLING THEM, LET'S SPELL YOUR
NAME, THEY'RE ABLE TO PUT IT IN
ORDER AND HAVE THAT COORDINATION
THAT'S GOING TO GO ON.
COGNITION IS A BIG THING THAT'S
GOING TO GO ON.
NOT JUST RECOGNIZING THEIR NAMES
BUT BEING ABLE TO APPLY IT IN
REAL LIFE SITUATION.
AND BY RECOGNIZING -- HAVING
THEM RECOGNIZE THIS AT AN EARLY
AGE, IT ASSISTS THEM OR ALL OF
US TO RECOGNIZE WHAT AREAS
THEY'RE STRUGGLING IN.
AT A YOUNG AGE, WE CAN WORK WITH
THEM AND PROVIDE THEM COPING
SKILLS.
EARLY LITERACY IS A WELL-ROUNDED
AREA FOR CHILDREN AND PARENTS
AND STAFF MEMBERS TO RECOGNIZE
THE CHILD'S STRENGTHS, THE
CHILD'S NEEDS.
AND GIVE THEM A SENSE OF
CONFIDENCE WHEN THEY'RE ABLE TO
DO THESE.
IT'S HITTING ON ALL CORE AREAS
OF A CHILD'S DEVELOPMENT.
Trini: I REMEMBER WHEN MY
KIDS WERE LITTLE AND GOT
SOMETHING RIGHT.
THAT SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT.
THEY'RE SO HAPPY.
AND THEY DON'T EVEN NEED A
YES.
AND IT'S REWARDING FOR THE STAFF
AS WELL AND PARENTS WEB THE
CHILDREN GO HOME AND EXPRESS
WHAT THEY'VE LEARNED AND START
RECOGNIZING LETTERS AND THINGS
OUT AT HOME.
IT'S A BEAUTIFUL THING.