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Talking and Literacy in the Early Years [PDF]
Whilst it is clear that the move towards literacy is one of the ways in which school experience is likely to affect the child’s language, it is also evident that the pressure to help children become effective readers and writers can mean that we lose sight of the importance of talk, and the significance it has for the children’s development as language
Button, S. W., Millward, P.
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Development of early literacy skills: A Comparison of two early literacy programmes [PDF]
Abstract The aim of the present study is to monitor the effectiveness of a new conception of early literacy curriculum (in force since September 2016) which provides – unlike the previous one – a wide range of purposeful literacy practices and literacy events.
Zuzana Petrová +3 more
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Early literacy skills such as alphabet knowledge and phonemic awareness are made up the foundation for learning to read. These skills are more effectively taught with explicit instruction starting inpreschool and then continuing during early elementary ...
Juliana G. Marques de Souza +2 more
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New Strategies for New Literacies - Digital Strategy Backpack Samplers
The skills and strategies of effective communication are at the heart of literacy teaching and learning; engaging with digital technologies to communicate puts new demands on teachers and students.
Shufang Shi Strause, Nance Wilson
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Bridging the early literacy gulf [PDF]
AbstractThis study assessed the impact of public library initiated early literacy training for in‐home childcare workers. The results of this research demonstrate that, in this context, public libraries can play a significant role in bridging the large gap between children's difficulty and success in learning to read.
Kathleen Campana, Eliza T. Dresang
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Early literacy development and instruction: An overview
The goal of this chapter is to give an overview of what we know about literacy development in children up to age eight, as well as to introduce some topics for which more research is needed.
Snow, Catherine
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Early literacy in Norwegian and Swedish preschool teacher education. [PDF]
Since the turn of the century, politicians in the Scandinavian countries have placed great emphasis on early childhood education and care. They have been especially concerned with lifelong learning in the field of language learning, early literacy, and ...
Gjems L., Sheridan S.
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From Early Literacy to Information Literacy
“Language is at the heart of the process of becoming literate. Through participation in these interactions, individual students construct a sense of self as readers, writers, and thinkers within the culture of each particular classroom. These constructions are salient to students' development of motivation for literacy learning.” (Johnston, 1992 ...
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Early Literacy Instruction and Intervention
The purpose of this paper is to describe the efficacy of early literacy interventions and to discuss possible roles for volunteer tutors in helping prevent reading difficulties within the Response to Intervention process. First, we describe a landmark study that evaluated the impact of primary classroom instruction on reducing the proportion of ...
Al Otaiba, Stephanie, Foorman, Barbara R
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Motor development and season of birth in the first two years of life
Aims/Background This paper analyzes the connection between the season of birth and the achievement of 18 gross and fine motor development steps (milestones) in the first two years of life. The relationship between the month of birth and child development
Heinz Krombholz
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