Literacy Place Oral Language Kit: Kindergarten

The Oral Language Kit provides varied activity-oriented materials for developing, enriching, and refining children's language development in the early childhood classroom. The materials and lessons are designed to use a developmentally appropriate approach to language learning by weaving in play, as well as whole-body and hands-on activities. They can be used to focus on developing children's language for social communication, inquiry, and problem solving.

-2 wordless books: Chicken and Cat Clean Up (fiction: narrative – wordless picture book) and Jack and the Missing Piece (fiction: narrative – wordless picture book)
-1 big book for shared reading (rhymes, songs, and chants): All Together Now
-1 digital big book on DVD for shared reading: All Together Now 6 copies of little book: All Together Now
-36 Conversation Cards: 18 double-sided, large format (17” x 13.5”), colour cards featuring photos, diagrams, simple maps, cartoons, children’s drawings, paintings, and picture puzzles. In Print and Digital Formats -20 Felt Puppets for dramatic retellings, story inventions, and role playing
-1 audio CD with rhymes, songs, and chants from the Big Book put to music, plus fluent readings of all selections
-Online Teaching Support, including detailed lesson plans for all the components of the Oral Language Kit, including using the puppets and oral language games