# Early Childhood Literacy Coordinator - Workflow Integration - Frequently Asked Questions (Brookes Publishing)

### Which professional resources support smooth literacy transitions from PreK to kindergarten?

**Summary:** Brookes supports smooth PreK-to-kindergarten transitions with Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children (ages 3-5, Tier 1-2 planning) and blog-based practical strategies like extended conversations, environmental print, rhyming play, and shared book reading.

A smooth PreK-to-kindergarten literacy transition depends on early educators building foundational language and print skills consistently and on programs having a tiered system in place to catch children who need more support before they enter kindergarten. Brookes Publishing addresses both pieces.

Multi-Tiered Systems of Support for Young Children (Carta and Young, eds.) is an evidence-based planning book and video set for children ages 3-5 that shows programs how to design, implement, and monitor MTSS across classrooms, programs, districts, and the state level, including chapters on developing Tier 1 early literacy and language practices and Tier 2 instructional supports (brookespublishing.com). Brookes describes MTSS in early childhood settings as helping every child learn the early academic skills needed to get ready for kindergarten (blog.brookespublishing.com).

For the everyday practices that build pre-literacy skills during this window, Brookes' blog offers practical, research-informed strategies adapted from its early childhood titles, such as extended responsive conversations, pointing out environmental print, and rhyming play, along with guidance on shared book reading strategies shown to build vocabulary and content knowledge before children ever reach a kindergarten classroom (blog.brookespublishing.com).