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Literature for Young Children is designed to support preservice as well as inservice teachers by helping them recognize high-quality and developmentally appropriate children's books to share with PreK-3 children. Other goals of this text include explaining how to use children's literature to help develop children's language skills and their intellectual capacity, how to encourage healthy social and moral development, and how to nurture children's creativity. Text discussions cover both contemporary and classic literature for young children and provide teachers, parents, and child-care professionals opportunities to talk about reading while engaging children in experiences with good books. Teachers and day-care professionals will find myriad practical strategies, extensive book lists, and relevant websites valuable for PreK-3 curriculum planning.
List of contents
1. Defining Literature for Children.
2. Evaluating Literature for Children.
3. Sharing Literature.
4. The Literature Curriculum.
5. Supporting Children's Language Development.
6. Supporting Children's Intellectual Development.
7. Supporting Children's Personality Development.
8. Supporting Children's Social and Moral Development.
9. Supporting Children's Aesthetic and Creative Development.
10. Planning Your Program.
Appendix.
Author/Illustrator/Title Index.
Subject Index.
About the Author.
Summary
For courses in Children's Literature, Literature Methods, and Literature in Early Childhood.
Designed to support both preservice and inservice teachers by helping them recognize high-quality and developmentally appropriate children's books to share with PreK - 3 children, the major goal of this text is to show how to use children's literature to help develop children's language skills and their intellectual capacity, encourage healthy social and moral development, and nurture children's creativity. Coverage encompasses discussions of both contemporary and classic literature for young children, providing teachers, parents, and child-care professionals opportunities to talk about reading while engaging children in experiences with good books. Teachers and day-care professionals will find myriad practical strategies, extensive book lists, and relevant websites valuable for PreK - 3 curriculum planning.
