Spotlight on Young Children: Exploring Language and Literacy - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1938113055 ISBN 13: 9781938113055

Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children, 2014

Synopsis

Nurturing All Young Children's Language and Literacy Skills

Discover innovative ways to support the many aspects of children’s language and literacy development—oral language, reading, and writing. The articles in this collection emphasize meeting children’s unique needs, supporting dual language learners, and partnering with families to support children’s development. Specific topics include how teachers can:

• Increase children’s vocabulary through conversations and storybook reading
• Communicate with infants who have developmental delays 
• Promote preschoolers’ fine motor development to prepare them for writing
• Incorporate poetry and nonfiction into primary classrooms

Included is a professional development guide with questions and activities to help readers reflect on current teaching practices and inspire them to incorporate new ones.

This book is part of NAEYC’s best-selling Spotlight series―great resources for the college classroom and for professional development. 

About this title

About the Author

Amy Shillady is journal editor for NAEYC’s award-winning Young Children. She facilitates the peer review process, performs developmental editing of articles, and serves as the primary editor for journal columns. Amy also edits selected NAEYC Spotlight Series books.

Leah Schoenberg Muccio was editorial associate at NAEYC.

Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.

One of the notable features of this compilation is that it helps us think about promoting children’s language and literacy skills early―during the infant and toddler years. This is well justified. Numerous studies suggest that the quality of language experiences in the earliest years of life affects children’s later language development (e.g., Hart & Risley 1995; Hadley et al. 2011). The content in this collection continues through the second and third grade years. Such focus is critical, as children’s language and literacy skills in these grades predict later literacy achievement (e.g., Nation & Snowling 2004; Catts et al. 2012).

Edition details

• Publisher: The National Association for the Education of Young Children
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1938113055
• ISBN 13: 9781938113055
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 112
• Editor: Shillady Amy