Teacher-tested ideas for putting infants, toddlers, and preschoolers on the road to literacy.
One of two parents' guides based on the revised National Curriculum, this book is intended as an introduction to Key Stages 1 and 2. The need for parents to be involved in their children's education has taken root in recent years.
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.
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While most parents understand the importance of promoting literacy in their young children, they often aren't sure how to do it. This book provides guidance.
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.
The book covers the various measures used in a range of assessment dimensions, and includes valuable information regarding young children with special needs and English Language Learners, which has rarely been touched upon in other ...
Early childhood classrooms are becoming more and more diverse.
If so, this book is for you. The years before a child starts school are crucial in establishing strong foundations for literacy. This book addresses current issues relating to early literacy.
This dynamic DVD shows simple strategies from real classroom settings that can boost children's early reading and writing skills.
For example, studies of children's writing before school in New Zealand (McNaughton, Kempton, 86 Turoa, 1994) have found that Anglo-European parents tended to adopt explicit developmental goals; for example, expecting their children to ...