National Early Literacy Panel Finds Six Critical Areas for Future Literacy Success

This report identifies critical early literacy skills that predict later literacy outcomes, and the programs and interventions that are most effecting in helping children develop them. The panel found six critical skills for young children to develop within their first five years: knowledge of letters and their sounds; ability to detect and manipulate sounds and syllables within a word; ability to name letters and digits; ability to name objects and colors; ability to write letters or one's own name and ability to remember spoken information for a short amount of time.   **Attached below, you will find two briefs on the Literacy paper, with cautions and responses to the interpretation of the report for the early childhood field.**