This text presents an account of how young children's spoken and written language develops before formal schooling. It emphasizes the integration of speaking, listening, writing and reading: and illustrates how children learn and use these processes to connect with others, understand their world and express themselves.
This is a focused text on early years′ language and literacy for all students studying for degrees and foundation degrees in early childhood, early years and related disciplines and for candidates on EYPS pathways.
This Fourth Edition of Language and Literacy in the Early Years has been fully revised and updated to reflect current professional interests and the latest developments in the field.
This book provides pre-service and practising teachers with an integrated approach to language and literacy learning in early childhood.
The book includes a section explaining the ways and reasons for monitoring progress and tailoring specific interventions for individual children, including those with a range of additional difficulties.
The book ensures that students have the theoretical framework before they enter the classroom, but balances it with the practical knowledge required to tackle the subject with confidence.
This core text for early childhood studies and early years students focuses on communication, language and literacy in the pre-school years.
Anybody working with babies and young children needs to have the knowledge that Whitehead clearly explains here′ - SureStart ′One of the many excellent features of this book is the way it tackles the issue of bilingualism in early ...
Children can discover written conventions like double consonants (Dennis), alternative spellings and variants (Ann, Anne, Anna) and different languages (]amila, Yvette, Sian). Children are often very determined to 'get it right' when ...
Children's early experiences of literacy have a major influence on how they continue to learn as they grow older. Children enter early childhood programs and school with a wealth of knowledge and understandings of literacy.
This concise, accessible book explores the connection between language acquisition and emergent literacy skills, and how this sets the stage for later literacy development.