Domain: NC Foundations for Early Learning: Language Development and Communication (LDC)
Subdomain: Foundations for Reading
Goal: Children begin to develop knowledge of the alphabet and the alphabetic principle.
Skill Progression: Develop knowledge of the alphabet and the alphabetic principle
Age: 36-42 Months
Click here to go to all skills for ages 36-42 Months.Points out words that rhyme in songs, poems, and predictable books
Read a simple rhyming alphabet book, such as A Silly Rhyming Alphabet Book about Animals from A to Z by Simone DaCosta or Chicka Chicka ABC by Bill Martin, Jr.
The adult asks the child to identify words that rhyme in the alphabet book when it is read.
The child identifies words that rhyme and words that have the same sounds.
Early childhood educators and parents can give children reasons to write their name on their papers, on cards or letters, on notes for others that are dictated to adults, and so on. Provide support when needed and help children associate the letters with their sounds. When reading books, ask children to find rhyming words or words with the same sounds.
North Carolina Department of Public Instruction, 2015
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