Preparing Children for Reading Success - Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers

Preparing Children for Reading Success: Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers will not only familiarize anyone who reads to young children with the essentials of promoting early and emerging literacy, but also contains more than 25 ready-to-go activities that can be immediately used to foster this critical skill development. Following a basic overview of preliteracy skills that prepare children for reading success, the book contains field-tested, proven activities that promote success in alphabet knowledge, print concepts, book handling skills, phonological sensitivity, and expressive vocabulary.

List of contents

Foreword
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1: The Importance of Reading
Chapter 2: The Social-Emotional Benefits of Reading
Chapter 3: Alphabet Knowledge
Chapter 4: Book Handling Skills and Concepts about Print
Chapter 5: Phonological Awareness
Chapter 6: Vocabulary
Chapter 7: Decontextualized Language
Chapter 8: Writing

Resources
About the Author

About the author

By Julia Irwin and Dina Moore

Product details

• Authors: Julia Irwin, Julia F. Irwin, Julia F. Moore Irwin, Julia Moore Irwin, Dina Moore, Moore Dina
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.10.2014
• EAN: 9780810892538
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-9253-8
• No. of pages: 126
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; English, Teaching of a specific subject, Primary & middle schools, Educational: English language: reading & writing skills, Primary and middle schools, EDUCATION / Schools / Levels / Elementary, EDUCATION / Teaching / Subjects / General