Literacy Development in the Early Years: Helping Children Read and Write

A discussion of literacy development from birth to the primary school. The book embraces an integrated language arts perspective and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading and oral language in the home and at school.

Key Benefit: In its discussion of literacy development from birth through third grade, Morrow's text presents a theoretical and research-based rationale for its contents. It embraces an integrated language arts perspective and an interdisciplinary approach to literacy development as it addresses developing writing, reading, and oral language in the home and total school curriculum. Morrow's text is easy to read and includes a wealth of activities, charts, and worksheets that can be photocopied for use in the classroom. Key Topics: The text emphasizes the use of children's literature as the most important instructional material. It includes a new Whole Language unit, a new chapter on assessment and children with special needs, and has more coverage of early intervention programs such as Reading Recovery. The reader will also find a strong emphasis on Family Literacy and Multiculturalism. Market: Preservice or inservice teachers in early childhood education.