September 1st, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Early, Language, Literacy, Oral, Preschool, Reading, Talking, Writing
Product Description
Oral language is the foundation of learning to read and write. In the preschool years, development of oral language skills—including both speaking and listening skills—is crucial to children’s future reading achievement and school success. This book, part of the Preschool Literacy Collection, provides preschool educators and administrators with the knowledge they need to create a language-rich program that promotes children’s talking, reading, and writing. Authors Kathleen A. Roskos, Patton O. Tabors, and Lisa A. Lenhart present a simple model for joining oral language and early literacy that will prepare children for life both in and out of school. The…
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August 30th, 2010
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: Children, Early, Must, Parents, Read, Reasons, Start, teaching, Write
Parents who take the time to teach their children read and write better will see the following results in the development of their children:
Your children will have an increased enjoyment of reading, which will in turn give them better literacy skills
In order for your child to build their language and understanding, they will need to be exposed to new words. Reading books will give your child an opportunity to find new words. This will also increase a child’s curiosity, which will in turn build on their existing skills as they look for more and more new words.
Children who are…
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August 27th, 2010
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: Early, Learning, Literacy, Play, Success
Babies begin learning as soon as they enter the world. Sights, sounds, smells, and tactile sensations provide the building blocks of learning. The relationships he forms teaches him about you, himself, and the world around him. Many new parents feel apprehensive, asking questions like, “how will I teach my baby?” “What can I do to ensure my baby lives up to his potential?” Through everyday activities, daily care rituals, and play, babies form healthy relationships with their families, and make sense of the world around them.
Knowing a bit about child development can assist parents in providing enriching everyday activities that…
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August 15th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Artful, Childhood, Critical, Curriculum, Early, Education, Integrated, Literacy, Story
Product Description
This book documents a qualitative study involving various groups of teacher education students and practicing teachers. The study encompassed learners multiple languages and recognized ways that multiple knowledge sources, identities, and language forms can contribute to the formation of new relationships, new knowledge, and new meanings. Integrating all the traditional content areas of study, the arts, and new forms of cross-disciplinary ways of knowing, a curriculum is framed around critical literacy, with its underlying elements of participation by all, respect for multiple sources of knowledge, and the responsibility of transformative action. The book uses illustrative case studies to present…
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August 8th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Building, Children, Early, Engaging, Literacy, print, Quality, ReadAlouds, Skills, Through
- ISBN13: 9781606235355
- Condition: New
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Preschool teachers and early childhood professionals know that storybook reading is important, but they may not know how to maximize its benefits for later reading achievement. This indispensable guide presents research-based techniques for using reading aloud to intentionally and systematically build children’s knowledge of print. Simple yet powerful strategies are provided for teaching preschoolers about book and print organization, print meaning, letters, and words, all while sharing engaging, commercially available books. Appendices include a…
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August 7th, 2010
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: Books, Early, Importance, Learning, Reading
The last two decades have witnessed a transformation in thinking about the development of children during their pre-school early years. Beginning in the late 1970s and early 1980s researchers began to investigate the importance of the early years on a child’s overall development of learning skills. These studies challenged the belief that academic learning capabilities developed only at school age. Indeed, it was demonstrated that children who went through pre-school learning programmes consistently demonstrated improvements in academic achievement in their later formal education.
The recognition of ‘early learning’
These early studies sparked widespread interest in pre-school education; if children can enhance…
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August 6th, 2010
Category: Books
Tags: Activities, Child, Early, Ensures, Every, Fast, Literacy, poems, Program, Readers, Reading, Reproducible, ResearchBased, SendHome, Start, Success
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This simple, research-proven early intervention program builds reading proficiency, word recognition, and overall comprehension. Ten minutes each night, parents and children engage in repeated, guided reading of poems just right for early readers, then do a quick, skill-building activity. Plus, 30 stickers, tips on involving families, and reproducible family letters, certificates, bookmarks, and reading logs!
Fast Start For Early Readers: A Research-Based, Send-Home Literacy Program With 60 Reproducible Poems and Activities That Ensures Reading Success for Every Child
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August 5th, 2010
Category: Literacy Articles
Tags: Early, Phonics, Reading
Shock, horror, you wouldn’t dream of teaching a tiny baby! And yet you do. Every waking moment. You teach him to recognise everything in his nursery, home and, as his world widens , his environment. As this powerful bonding between you and your baby grows, so does his knowledge. As you teach, he learns.
“But,” you argue, “That’s not teaching. That’s just being with my baby.”
Be assured, it is teaching. It is as valid as the teaching in any Nursery, Playgroup or Pre-School. You are your child’s first and finest teacher. You know him better than any teacher ever will and,…
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