What skills does the Leap Into Literacy program address?
Children begin establishing the building blocks for successful literacy in early infancy. They build on these and other key foundational skills to acquire school age literacy skills. With this in mind, we follow a “building the foundation” approach with our students. The following targeted skills are addressed in a hierarchical, multi-sensory, fun and engaging manner: • Auditory Processing Skills: Students are taught basic attention, listening, and memory skills in an auditory context. These early listening skills are an important precursor to later classroom success and the ability to attend to and understand what has been heard and read. In addition, students are explicitly taught strategies focused on taking ownership of their learning. Strategies such as asking questions when you don’t understand or changing your environment to be a better listener are introduced to promote critical self-advocacy skills students can take with them throughout their academic careers. • Expressive and
