This is the third course in a five-part series intended to inform and support early learning providers and educators in their understanding of language development and literacy readiness in preschool-aged children. Through your participation, you will learn to effectively facilitate high-quality learning experiences to promote future academic success. As highlights, there will be a focus on the connection between oral language and pre-literacy and several video demonstrations to clearly illustrate practical application of research-based strategies that will create a language-rich environment for monolingual and multilingual learners.