NAPP – tidig kartläggning av förutsättningar för inlärning

Why? To obtain current and research-based information on early language skills and the prerequisites for learning to read and write in Finnish-Swedish 5- and 6-year-olds. There is a need for Finnish-Swedish material for both mapping and monitoring early language skills. What does NAPP do? Develops mapping material for five- and six-year-olds to individually map language skills. The material is available for sale through the Niilo Mäki Institute. Collects research information on children's knowledge and background factors at the age of five and six. Trains early childhood education staff in the use of the mapping material, how children's early language skills predict reading and writing development, and how these skills can be supported. When is NAPP taking place? Spring semester 2024: we develop and pilot mapping material Autumn semester 2024: the mapping material is standardized with approximately 300 five-year-olds and 300 six-year-olds in Swedish Finland Year 2025: The material is completed Year 2026: The mapping material is published and we offer training in its use.