Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8

Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8
ISBN-10
0132685809
ISBN-13
9780132685801
Category
Children
Pages
302
Language
English
Published
2012-10-02
Publisher
Allyn & Bacon
Authors
Cyndi Giorgis, Joan I. Glazer

Description

In the new edition of this widely popular guide, Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8, early childhood teachers and child-care professionals get the help they need to recognize high-quality children's literature and to learn to use it effectively to support emerging literacy development in infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children. The authors, widely known as authorities in this field, explain how to use children's literature as a teaching tool and provide readers with a number of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children.

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