Author(s): Janice J. Beaty; Linda Pratt

Language and Literacy

Pre- and in-service early childhood teachers see how literacy develops in young children and how teachers can encourage the natural emergence of reading and writing.

KEY TOPICS:

Foundations of early literacy; a multicultural perspective; language emergence in young children; music as a natural language; speaking and listening; art as a natural language; becoming a writer; how reading emerges; home book experience; becoming a reader

MARKET: Pre- and in-service early childhood educators