Assessment tool (checklist)

ASSESSMENT TOOL

AGE OF CHILDREN:
3 YEARS OLD

FOCUSED LITERACY
SKILLS:

PRINT MOTIVATION
PRINT AWARENESS

ASSESSMENT TOOL:
CHECKLIST

MATERIALS USED IN
THE ASSESSMENT

1. BOOKS/PICTURE
BOOKS
(THAT CONTAIN

NURSERY RHYMES/
CHILDREN SONGS)



EXAMPLES:
THE WHEELS ON
THE BUS
OLD MCDONALD
HAD A FARM
ABC SONG

2.CHECKLIST

CHECKLIST SHEET

CHECKLIST FOR EVALUATION
OF PRINT MOTIVATION AND

PRINT AWARENESS

STEPS ON HOW TO
USE THE

ASSESSMENT TOOL

ASK THE CHILD IS TO PICK A
BOOK TO HIS/HER LIKING

SIT NEXT TO THE CHILD AND
ASK THE CHILD TO READ THE
BOOK ALOUD WHILE POINTING
WHERE HE/SHE IS READING

SING THE SONG FROM THE
PICTURE BOOK TOGETHER

HAVE THE CHILD RETELL THE
STORY & SING THE SONG BY
HIMSELF/HERSELF

ASSESS THE CHILD BASED ON
THE CHECKLIST

JUSTIFICATION TO
HOW THE TOOL ASSESS

THE FOCUSED
LITERACY SKILLS

MATERIAL

BOOKS AID CHILDREN'S EARLY
LITERACY DEVELOPMENT

BOOKS HAVE THE COMPONENTS
IN ACCESSING PRINT
MOTIVATION & PRINT
AWARENESS. FOR EXAMPLE,
FRONT AND BACK COVER

ASSESSMENT TOOL
(CHECKLIST)

CHECKLIST IDENTIFIES THE
CRITERIA OF PRINT
MOTIVATION/ PRINT
AWARENESS THAT ARE
ACHEIVED
ANY LACK OF PRINT
MOTIVATION/ PRINT
AWARENESS CAN BE DETECTED
AND REMEDIED