Toddler Practice Guides for Practitioners
Literacy-Rich Experiences - These practice guides illustrate how practitioners can arrange environments to encourage toddlers to listen,
communicate, and develop the skills needed for early literacy.
Storytelling and Listening - These practice guides illustrate ways to introduce books to toddlers to encourage them to listen, communicate, and actively participate in storytelling and book reading.
Creating Young Storytellers
A Picture Book for Learning
Reading Together Out Loud
Picture Book Fun
Letters and Books
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (2.4MB)
Sound and Phonemic Awareness - These practice guides illustrate ways that practitioners can enhance toddlers abilities to distinguish different sounds
and phonemes.
Fingerplays and Rhymes with a Punch
Action Rhymes
Rhyming Games for Toddlers
Sounds Good
Sound Ideas
PDF Collection of the 6 Practice Guides above. (3MB)
Nonverbal Communication and Signing - This practice guide highlights the ways that practitioners can help toddlers communicate their wants and needs to
others using gestures and signs.
Storytelling and Listening - These practice guides illustrate ways to introduce books to toddlers to encourage them to listen, communicate, and actively participate in storytelling and book reading.
![Toddler Storytelling and Listening](images/prac_guides/story_listen.jpg)
A Picture Book for Learning
Reading Together Out Loud
Picture Book Fun
Letters and Books
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (2.4MB)
![Toddler Sound and Phonemic Awareness](images/prac_guides/sound_phonem.jpg)
Action Rhymes
Rhyming Games for Toddlers
Sounds Good
Sound Ideas
PDF Collection of the 6 Practice Guides above. (3MB)
Alphabet Awareness - These practice guides illustrate ways to introduce the letters of the alphabet to toddlers to develop beginning skills
for recognizing letters.
The Look of Letters
Learning Letters
B is for Book
Letters and Symbols Are Everywhere
Exploring Magazines and Catalogs
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (3.4MB)
Emergent Writing - These practice guides include activities that practitioners can use to promote toddlers abilities to scribble and draw.
Talking and Listening - These practice guides illustrate ways that practitioners can promote toddlers use of spoken words and their development of early listening skills.
![Toddler Alphabet Awareness](images/prac_guides/alpha_aware.jpg)
Learning Letters
B is for Book
Letters and Symbols Are Everywhere
Exploring Magazines and Catalogs
PDF Collection of the 5 Practice Guides above. (3.4MB)
Talking and Listening - These practice guides illustrate ways that practitioners can promote toddlers use of spoken words and their development of early listening skills.