Introduction : why early literacy? -- chapter 1. Children's development and literacy learning -- chapter 2. Language development and diversity -- chapter 3. Phonological awareness development in preschool children -- chapter 4. Alphabetic principle -- chapter 5. Writing -- chapter 6. Comprehension : making meaning -- chapter 7. Sharing books with children -- chapter 8. Integrating literacy across the curriculum -- chapter 9. Literacy in the real world -- chapter 10. Helping parents facilitate children's literacy at home -- chapter 11. Bringing it all together -- References -- Additional resources for teachers -- Index
Summary
The assessment and instructional activities in this book are evidence based, practical and should be easy to implement. The text demonstrates how to link assessment and instruction practices for various components of literacy learning and aims to help teachers become informed decision makers about purposeful literacy instruction
