Communications, Language and Literacy (CLL) Components and Goals
COMPONENT 1: COMMUNICATING AND ORAL LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
CLL Goal-1: Through their explorations, play, and social inter actions, children successfully communicate for multiple purposes.
CLL Goal-2: Through their explorations, play, and social inter actions, children speak clearly and use the grammar of their home language.
CLL Goal-3: Through their explorations, play, and social inter actions, children understand and use an ever-expanding vocabulary.
COMPONENT 2: FOUNDATIONS FOR READING
CLL Goal-4: Through their explorations, play and social interactions, children develop interest, motivation, and appreciation for literacy-based materials and activities.
CLL Goal-5: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children comprehend, use, and begin to reflect on and analyze information in books and other media.
CLL Goal-6: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children begin to recognize basic concepts of print and discover that they can get meaning from print.
CLL Goal-7: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children listen, identify, and respond to sounds, and develop phonological awareness.
CLL Goal-8: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children develop knowledge of letters and the alphabetic principle.
COMPONENT 3: FOUNDATIONS FOR WRITING
CLL Goal-9: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children use writing and drawing as means of communication.
CLL Goal-10: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children grow in their understanding of letters and writing skills.
COMPONENT 4: LEARNING NEW LANGUAGES
CLL Goal-11: Through their explorations, play, and social interactions, children demonstrate an understanding that there are multiple languages and begin to communicate in another language other than their home language.