Early Childhood Language Arts - Softcover

Jalongo, Mary Renck

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0205132812 ISBN 13: 9780205132812

Publisher: Allyn & Bacon

Synopsis

Children have fundamental needs one of which is the need to develop various means of cummunication. This book will help you prepare children to become more effective at commnication through observing, helping them develop their needs and by being their advocate.

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From the Back Cover:

This book offers a comprehensive look at early childhood literacy education. Unlike most early literacy books, it includes listening, speaking, reading and writing, with a strong children's literature emphasis throughout, rather than focusing primarily on reading and writing.

This book provides instructors with a synthesis of the information on language arts gleaned from research on emergent literacy, early childhood education, and special education. It underscores what is being emphasized in early childhood teacher accreditation programs, namely, responding to the increasingly diverse needs of young language learners in inclusive settings, working with parents and families, and collaborating with professionals in other fields. Each chapter provides a discussion of the key concepts in the chapter, followed by case material that demonstrates how teachers, families, and professionals in other fields can work together to promote the literacy growth and development of a young child. The content and examples throughout every chapter enable students to see how children go through the process of acquiring literacy, and how literacy learning occurs with diverse groups of learners. The body of every chapter concludes with a section on teacher concerns and basic strategies, developmentally appropriate activities, teacher self-assessment, and information on standards as they relate to the content of each chapter.

For anyone interested in early childhood literacy education.

About the Author:

Mary Renck Jalongo is a professor at Indiana University of Pennsylvania where she earned the university-wide outstanding professor award and coordinates the Doctoral Program in Curriculum and Instruction.  She has published more than 25 books including:  Creative Thinking and Arts-Based Learning (4th ed., Merrill/Prentice Hall), Exploring Your Role:  An Introduction to Early Childhood Education (3rd ed., Merrill/Prentice Hall), Major Trends and Issues in Early Childhood Education (2nd ed., Teachers College Press), and two NAEYC publications (Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn and Young Children and Picture Books).  Dr. Jalongo has earned seven national awards for writing, including two Position Papers for the Association for Childhood Education International. She has been the editor of Early Childhood Education Journal since 1995 and has made presentations on various aspects of early childhood education throughout the world.

About this edition

• Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
• ISBN 10: 0205132812
• ISBN 13: 9780205132812
• Binding: Paperback