The newest edition of this bestselling book will help early childhood professionals and families support young children in acquiring the understandings, knowledge, and skills needed for later success in learning to read and write. This revision updates information, cites new research, and includes new figures.
The foundation for success in learning to read and write begins in infancy. As early childhood professionals, we have both the opportunity and the privilege to shape the progress young children make in acquiring the literacy skills, oral language skills, and background knowledge vital to their later success in learning to read and write. By engaging infants, toddlers, and preschoolers in experiences that foster oral language and content knowledge, literacy skills, and cognitive ability, we build a foundation for children’s later academic success.
Promoting children’s desire to read and write is as important as helping children develop
the necessary understandings and skills essential for learning how to read and write. Without
motivation, children will read and write relatively little and only what and when they must.
This book addresses four main points:
What children need to learn in these early years
The strategies that teachers can use to help children acquire these foundations
The features of emergent literacy and language understandings and skills
How to design the physical environment in early childhood classrooms to support language and literacy learning
About the Authors
About the Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction: A Time to Begin
Part One: Building a Foundation for Reading
Chapter 1:What’s Involved in Learning to Read?
Chapter 2: The Beginning—Reading with Infants and Toddlers
Chapter 3: Reading Storybooks with Preschoolers
Chapter 4: Sharing Informational Books with Preschoolers
Chapter 5: Young Children and Literacy Skills Development
Part Two: Building a Foundation for Writing
Chapter 6: What’s Involved in Writing?
Chapter 7: Infants and Toddlers Leave Their Mark
Chapter 8: Writing During the Preschool Years
List of Children’s Literature Cited
References
Index
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