[Dr. Laura Justice] Read It Again! is a curriculum supplement designed for infant/toddler and preschool settings. And it targets the intentional teaching of fundamental early literacy and language skills. And the idea is to pave children’s way for seamless entry in the kindergarten where more formal instruction begins to take place.
[background] Can you point to the giraffe? Good!
The great thing about Read It Again! is that it was actually designed with teachers with program administrators, and the idea was to design something that could readily fit in everyday classrooms without further taxing teachers.
[Rachel Battoclotti] Read It Again! has really just been an additional resource to make sure our preschoolers are ready for kindergarten. Because, as educators, we know that preschool and this early learning time is crucial to our students and is ultimately the foundation of the rest of their educational career.
[Vanessa Shrontz] Children don’t learn in a silo. They learn in an all-encompassing environment all around them. Read It Again! is literacy focused but there are aspects to everything that children learn from it.
[Eshell Yarbough] Parents are excited about that they’re seeing another way that their children are learning how to read.
[background] What’s next? The elephant – that’s right!
[Rachel Battoclotti] Because they are relevant, they’re fun, they’re engaging, and because they see themselves in the story, they love them.
[Melissa Espinoza] Our kids love the stories, and they love the writing cards that are provided in Read It Again!. We will also use those writing cards that are in for other activities.
[Eshell Yarbough] They’re learning colors. They’re learning words. They’re learning sounds.
[Vanessa Shrontz] I think that Read It Again! has definitely benefited the children in our classroom. That there are skills that are aligned with the state standards and that’s highly embedded into Read It Again!
[Eshell Yarbough] I would love for other teachers and schools to be able to use Read It Again!, especially helping with dual language learners. I think that’s very important when you have a dual language child to help with learning English as well as their own home language.
[Melissa Espinoza] I would recommend Read It Again! to any teacher that looking for something else or a supplemental tool to use.
[Rachel Battoclotti] It’s super easy to use but super impactful as well.
[Vanessa Shrontz] If you’re considering Read It Again! in your classroom, go for it. But it’s definitely made an impact in my teaching skills, but also in children learning to become the best little humans they can be.
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