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The Kindergarten Program document contains examples of the multiliteracies pedagogical framework throughout its detailed curriculum. Below are a few examples of multiliteracies connections and kindergarten education. 

 

Situated Practice: "It [The Kindergarten Program] recognizes that, today and in the future, children need to be critically literate in order to synthesize information, make informed decisions, communicate effectively, and thrive in an ever-changing global community. It is important for children to be connected to the curriculum, and to see themselves in what is taught, how it is taught, and how it applies to the world at large (pg. 4)." "Every child should feel that he or she belongs, is a valuable contributor to his or her surroundings, and deserves the opportunity to succeed (pg. 10)"

Critical Framing: "As children learn through play and inquiry, they develop – and have the opportunity to practise every day – many of the skills and competencies that they will need in order to thrive in the future, including the ability to engage in innovative and complex problem-solving and critical and creative thinking; to work collaboratively with others; and to take what is learned and apply it in new situations in a constantly changing world (pg. 11)." "This frame [Demonstrating Literacy and Mathematics Behaviours] encompasses children’s learning and development with respect to: literacy behaviours, evident in the various ways they use language, images, and materials to express and think critically about ideas and emotions, as they listen and speak, view and represent, and begin to read and write (pg. 15)."

 

Overt Instruction: "Providing explicit instruction at the moments and in the contexts when it is most likely to move a child or group of children forward in their learning (pg. 13)." "Educators make explicit to children that there are many ways to represent mathematical ideas, in order to help the children develop flexibility in thinking about ways of representing ideas (pg. 79)."

 

Transformed Practice: "As children learn through play and inquiry, they develop – and have the opportunity to practise every day – many of the skills and competencies that they will need in order to thrive in the future, including the ability to engage in innovative and complex problem-solving and critical and creative thinking; to work collaboratively with others; and to take what is learned and apply it in new situations in a constantly changing world (pg. 11)." "Participants in socio-dramatic play communicate with each other using language and symbolic gestures to describe and extrapolate from familiar experiences, and to imagine and create new stories (pg. 20)."

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