Literacy is an often used phrase and is traditionally associated
with the formal arts of reading and writing. However ‘literacy’
also encompasses how people create and use all forms of language
(speaking, listening, reading and writing) in their everyday
lives, in their home, in the community, and in early childhood
services. Much of a child’s success in literacy learning depends
on the degree to which there is a match between their exposure
to literacy and how it is practiced, and the child’s own
developing understanding. Staff in early childhood services play
an extremely valuable role in facilitating and fostering
supportive relationships that provide a place where children
feel safe to experiment with language learning. A child care
centre should encourage and enable all forms of the children’s
developing literacy through carefully selected resources and age
appropriate activities. Some simple things parents can look
for/ask of Centre staff which concern literacy promotion within
the child care centre env