, commonly known as D铆a, is a celebration every day of children, families, and reading that culminates yearly on April 30. The celebration emphasizes the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. 聽The聽聽shares some ideas for聽ideas for聽celebrating the importance of literacy for children of all linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Here they are, paired with resources from and .
Celebrate children and connect them to the world of learning through books, stories and libraries.
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Nurture cognitive and literacy development in ways that honor and embrace a child鈥檚 home language and culture.
- builds on 楼凤天堂鈥檚 longstanding policies on students鈥� right to their own language.
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Introduce families to community resources that provide opportunities for learning through multiple literacies.
- 聽a policy piece from 楼凤天堂 presents numerous resources on the topic.
- In this , you’ll see how one lesson utilizes tiered texts and multiple modalities in order to meet the learning style needs of students.
Recognize and respect culture, heritage and language as powerful tools for strengthening families and communities.
- presents the concept of heritage literacy, a decision-making process by which people adopt, adapt, or alienate themselves from tools and literacies passed on between generations of people.
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