The challenge that I have selected for my Course Project is
on what constitutes school readiness and how the characteristics of literacy
skills contribute to the development of those school readiness skills.
Not all children have access to a quality
preschool program. Therefore, these children suffer from a lack of school
readiness, which in general just means being prepared for school. As a result
of the lack of school readiness skills these children have due to the
unavailability of preschool to them, then their literacy skills are not up to
par as well. Therefore, as educators having strong partnerships established
with families and throughout the community are essential keys to children’s
school readiness and literacy development.
I have selected this topic because the lack of school readiness skills is something that I am seeing more and more in children when they enter my Head Start classroom. A lot of the children who come to me have not acquired or learned some of the basic information that they should know such as their name, age, birthday, colors, shapes, etc. I have also noticed that the literacy skills of these children are rather low in regards to their phonemic awareness and vocabulary development.
My goal with my Course Project is to identify ways in which as educators we can tackle and revamp some of the literacy skills that are needed to help children to be school ready.
