Welcome New Center Directors
Josette Valada
LVCC at Forks School
Caroline Kozak-Passno
LVCC at Wilson School |
Win a Family
4-Pack to See
THE LAURIE BERKNER BAND
As seen on NICK JR!
A great concert for the whole family!
Saturday, February 4
1:00 p.m.
Allentown Symphony Hall
23 N. 6th St.
Allentown, PA 18101
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Give Children the Highest Quality Early Education
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A high quality early education program can jump-start your child's emerging language and literacy skills. Qualified teachers help even the youngest children explore sounds and printed words. Developing fine motor skills and eye-hand coordination are precursors to writing. | |
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Infants
Pre-writing can be introduced at a very early age. Charlotte Cortes, Infant Teacher at LVCC's Walnut Street, stimulates learning by offering the younger infants pencil-shaped objects, like rattles, to grasp. "Let the infant choose the hand," Charlotte suggests. At six to eight months, she introduces crayons and finger-painting. "Infants notice they can make a mark on paper, especially when they paint with their feet or hands," says Charlotte. By eight to nine months, the infants advance to sponge painting colorful shapes and designs. |
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Toddlers
To build manual dexterity, Loree Kuhns, Toddler Teacher at LVCC's Judith Chase Early Learning Center, gives toddlers markers and pastels for creating shapes. Lined paper is used to control the marks and scribbles. Loree recommends presenting shapes or things with the name written on it to show your toddler that the alphabet is more than just a bunch of symbols. "Introduce it as this is a snowflake. It starts with the letter S," Loree suggests. Eventually you may have your child draw or paint a facial feature. Next to the drawing, write the name of the feature (i.e. eye, mouth) and read it back to your child. |
 Pre-School
Velecia Passaru, Pre-school Teacher at LVCC's South Mountain, has her preschoolers write letters to Santa during the holidays. By dictating their letters to the teacher, the preschoolers develop their verbalizing skills. "The children easily fill up a page telling Santa where they live and how old they are," Velecia comments. The preschoolers then draw pictures about their letter. They practice writing their names by signing the letters. "The children are anxious to write to Santa not just for themselves," Velecia remarks, "they know they are helping others." Velecia takes the letters to Macy's, who then donates a dollar per letter to the Make-a-Wish Foundation. The class raised $40.00 this year! |
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School-Age
School-age students don't need to be chained to a desk to learn how to write. Amy Morgan, Center Director at LVCC at Truman School, has kindergarten-age students in her after-school program keep an "alphabet journal." The children choose a different letter of the alphabet each week. They then draw a picture of a word starting with that letter. "The students' favorite part of the assignment is to wander the classroom looking for words in print starting with their letter," says Amy. "It feeds their curious nature." Once they find four words, they copy the words in the journal. The journal is filled with writing and pictures by the time they finish the alphabet. |
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