I was discussing with my daughter an assignment she had about emergent literacy. She was exploring how children (and adults) acquire literacy skills and what actually denotes a literate being. The key idea in her assignment was the concept of sense making. Simply put, when someone is able to ascribe meaning that matters around a symbol of communication they are literate. So a person can see the symbol of man or woman on a door and make sense that that the object is in fact the door to a toilet or change room. A tick means yes,
15 Apr 2016