EARLY LITERACY BEHAVIOR

Oral language
Humming
Imitating familiar sounds
Singing
Counting
Reciting
Chanting similar reading
Producing pleasant sound to imitate reading voice
Using incomprehensive language but perceived as
reading
Using oral language
Possessing oral vocabulary
Reading aloud
Narrating familiar stories
Inquiring
Commenting
Using language for communication

Physical abilities
Playing toys
Attempting puzzle work
Manipulating clay, blocks, legos
Putting together toy parts
Dismantling toy parts
Holding and using pencil
Holding and using crayon
Finger painting
Holding blocks
Turning pages of books
Attempting to use paper and pencil
Drawing
Tracing
Scribbling
Discriminating pictures
Recognizing shapes and sizes
Identifying textures
Discriminating sounds
Imitating movements

Reading skills
Browsing books and other colorful reading materials
Looking at pictures and other printed materials
Eyes focused intently on books
Recognizing letter, numbers
Recognizing pictures
Observing adult reading
Emulating adult reading
Enjoying story telling
Interested in reading aloud
Retelling
Half narrating
Half reading
Possessing reading vocabulary
Naming objects and characters
Reading on his own

Writing skills
Scribbling
Squiggling
Tracing
Drawing
Coloring
Interested in paper and pencil activities
Attempting to make marks on paper
Recognizing lines and shapes
Invented spelling
Observing adult writing
Imitating adult writing
Practicing writing strokes
Copying letters and numbers
Starting to write his name and names of family members
Copying environmental print
Writing with adult supervision
Making notes as if writing for communication
Writing independently
Identifying environmental print
Being familiar with signs and logos