Beginning Readers and the Impact of Recreation on Literacy Growth

Presenter Information

Kylie Zellmann, Minnesota State University, Mankato
Angela Tell, Minnesota State University, Mankato

Location

CSU Ballroom

Start Date

10-4-2018 2:00 PM

End Date

10-4-2018 3:30 PM

Student's Major

Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services

Student's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Mentor's Name

Megan Mahowald

Mentor's Department

Speech, Hearing, and Rehabilitation Services

Mentor's College

Allied Health and Nursing

Description

Recreational activities benefit on early readers to stay engaged and motivated throughout literacy intervention sessions. The purpose of our research is to provide pre/post assessment and recreational data that analyzes the outcome recreation has on therapy. Participants involved both display weakness in literacy and exhibit high energy and distractibility during sessions. Pre/post assessments were completed for both participants performed across the areas of reading, writing, and spelling. Intervention techniques focused on areas of literacy that the participants showed significant weakness (such as letter recognition, recognition of patterned words, and spelling).