SUPPORTING EARLY COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE AND LITERACY IN EARLY CHILDHOOD CLASSROOMS.
Journey Through Books (JTB) is a comprehensive, 10-month, integrated approach to promoting early communication, language and literacy development in early care and education programs across Arizona. JTB is built upon effective, evidence-informed curriculum designed to build and sustain targeted language teaching practices and shared-book reading in classrooms for children 0-5 years old.
The program includes:
- Individualized coaching for teachers
- Professional learning communities entered in for AZ Workforce Registry credit
- Strong commitment to addressing the family’s concerns, goals and individual resource needs.
- Director support
- Books and materials to support high-quality classroom libraries and reading areas