Typical Language Development:
Children in the Emergent Literacy Stage of Development are about 3-5 (some say 7) years old or Pre-Kindergarten
through First Grade.
They are learning Concepts about Print:
* we read words, not pictures, but pictures help us understand the story
* letters make up words, words make up sentences, sentences can turn into a book.
* we read from left to right
*there is a front cover and back cover to books
Children are learning that they can read for entertainment.
They are writing symbols for sounds they hear (phonemes)
They are learning sight words (words that don't follow the rules)
Keep in mind that children develop at different rates.