Bulletin Boards and Other Displays
Bulletin boards and other displays in the classroom support the print rich environment. This link to the Learn NC website provides practical tips for using bulletin boards and other displays in the classroom. Though intended for North Carolina teachers, educators of early learners in other states may find the content useful.
Creating a Learning Environment for Young Children
This link to the U.S. Department of Education publication Teaching Our Youngest: A Guide for Preschool Teachers, Childcare, and Family Providers provides information on creating a learning environment for young children. As noted at its website, this guide "draws from scientifically based research about what pre-school teachers and childcare providers can do to help children develop their language abilities, increase their knowledge, become familiar with books and other printed materials, learn letters and sounds, recognize numbers and learn to count."
Creating a Print Rich Environment
This link is to a Frederick County (Maryland) Public Schools guide for early educators on creating a print rich environment in their classrooms. The guide was authored by district's curriculum specialist for early education Shari Ostrow Scher, now its supervisor of early education. The guide is offered as an example for educators of early learners. Within the Frederick County Public Schools early education is identified as Pre-K through grade 2.
Literacy: Creating a Print-Rich Environment
This article from the Fall 2003 issue of the Texas Child Care Journal provides practical tips on creating a print-rich environment for preschool caregivers and teachers.
Word Walls
This article from the Reading Rockets website explains how word walls can be organized and used in the classroom.
