We adopted CLI’s program for pre-schoolers to build literacy skills early on and got phenomenal results. The research we have carried out has demonstrated that a majority of our kids leaving pre-k programs have acquired excellent, beginning reading skills. We have actually had to change and adjust the curriculum at both kindergarten and first grade, because what we normally would associate with end-of-kindergarten and beyond in reading achievement has now been brought down to the end of the pre-k year.
Blueprint for Early Literacy
CLI's comprehensive pre-kindergarten curriculum, Blueprint for Early Literacy®, recognizes that all children need experience with books and structured support to develop oral language and vocabulary and to build background knowledge. It brings proven methods for building the knowledge and literacy skills pre-kindergartners need into its teacher training, lesson plans, and instructional strategies, and it integrates these with quality children’s literature.
Blueprint is based on National Reading Panel and Early Reading First recommendations, and is designed to meet state and national standards for reading, writing, and oral language development. These skills are taught in the context of 10 related, sequential themes. At the heart of each theme are 130 award-winning children’s books, carefully chosen to introduce children to the delight of reading. Lesson plans help teachers make each book a launching pad for teaching vocabulary, building comprehension, and developing phonemic awareness, phonics, and oral language skills. Blueprint themes–along with Blueprint author studies, center applications, and skill cards–build children’s content knowledge and develop literacy skills through engaging, rich, and meaningful learning in all the content areas including math, science and socio-emotional development.
Blueprint Materials include:
- Ten Theme Boxes containing five read aloud books, three center applications, and a theme guide
- Five Author Studies containing six books by the author, author study guide, and laminated author board materials
- Teacher Resources Box containing curriculum support materials
- Classroom Book Collection containing additional read aloud books
IMPACT - A Blueprint report
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