Partner with families to learn about their language practices, stories, and literacy-related interactions at home, recognizing that children bring rich knowledge and skills from their first languages and cultural experiences. Dual language learners should have opportunities to demonstrate proficiency in the standard in both their first language and English, with supports such as first-language use, cross-language connections, gestures, visuals, and props. These opportunities allow young dual language learners to build on what they know and can do in their first language as they continue to develop communication, language, and literacy skills in all their languages.
Read S is for S'mores: a Camping Alphabet Book by Helen Foster James.In a large group setting, ask the children to share camping stories. Hot glue a magnet to the end of a long dowel to represent the stick used for roasting marshmallows. Put magnet letters in a bucket. Have the children put the dowel in the bucket and name the letter that sticks to the end.
