Grant Application for a Literacy Rich Kindergarten Environ

Ladies and Gentlemen of the Grant Committee,

There is nothing more important that a teacher can do other than instill an ability and love of reading in children. A competent reader has the key to all future learning. Students must be molded at a very young age to see the mystery and beauty of words. To do this we have designed the Literacy Rich Environment described below. The classroom is filled with word/labels in both English and Spanish. This helps the students associate a word with an object and also allows them to see that there is a different word for the same object in another language. As you read each description, picture an environment full of colors, textures and sounds to intrigue young minds:

Murals cover the walls to create a jungle theme throughout the classroom. The classroom will have a built in sound system that will allow the teacher to play music or nature sounds appropriate to the activities. Brain research indicates that music playing in the background can stimulate cognitive growth and performance.

Audio Center – (located in the library) this is a self-enclosed corner of the classroom with soft flooring and molded pla

In addition, knowledge of word features along with principles of written English: left to right and top to bottom organization are focused on in the writing center.

This classroom is located in a lower socio-economic neighborhood with a diverse student population. The classroom described is one, which is usually found in a Montessori school or an upper socioeconomic neighborhood. This literacy rich environment would stimulate those children who frequently do not have literacy rich home environments.

Post Office/Writing Center -another center in the classroom would be a bamboo/rattan post office stocked with writing materials and individual post office boxes for the children to develop communications skills/ writing ability. This center encourages 5 concepts about drawing and writing:

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