Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten

In Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural Perspective, 4/e, pre- and in-service teachers examine how literacy develops in young children and how teachers can encourage the natural emergence of reading and writing. Thoroughly updated to include the most recent research on young children’s literacy acquisition, this text focuses on multicultural children’s literature, including detailed descriptions of over 200 multicultural children’s books, and is packed with practical ideas and strategies for using music and art as natural languages, strengthening children’s writing muscles, and developing visual representational skills for reading through drawing. Helpful information is included about incorporating new technology that is appropriate for use in preschool programs.
 
Along with an enhanced focus on multicultural literature, this new edition features NEW coverage of:

• Technology appropriate for preschool programs
• Current neurological research on early literacy
• Early Phonological Awareness
• Print referencing
• Word segmenting
• Foundational reading skills and anchor standards in kindergarten
• The importance of informational texts in kindergarten
• Response to intervention

List of contents

Brief Contents

Chapter 1   Foundations of Early Literacy 
Chapter 2   A Multicultural Perspective  
Chapter 3   Language Emergence in Young Children
Chapter 4   Music as a Natural Language
Chapter 5   Speaking and Listening   
Chapter 6   Art as a Natural Language 
Chapter 7   Becoming a Writer 
Chapter 8   How Reading Emerges  
Chapter 9   Home Book Experience  
Chapter 10   Becoming a Reader 
Appendix Multicultural Paperback Books from Scholastic
References 
Index of Children’s Books

About the author

Janice J. Beaty, Professor Emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her home in Cape Coral, Florida. Her textbooks include Skills for Preschool Teachers; Observing Development of the Young Child; 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies; and 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies. At present Dr. Beaty is involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start programs in Central Missouri.
 
Linda Pratt is the Executive Director of Teacher Education and a Professor of Education at Elmira College. For more than 20 years she has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education and has directed the graduate program in teaching literacy. Her primary scholarly interests are literacy acquisition and international education. Dr. Pratt has given presentations on literacy in the United States as well as in Asia, the Bahamas and Caribbean, Canada, Europe, and South America. She and Dr. Beaty have also given presentations together, as well as coauthored the textbook Transcultural Children’s Literature, published by Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Summary

Thoroughly updated with the most current research on young children’s literacy acquisition, and filled with practical instructional methods that pre- and in-service teachers can apply in the classroom, Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten, 4/e examines literacy development in young children, and outlines how teachers can encourage the natural emergence of early reading and writing. With a particular emphasis on multicultural children’s literature, including detailed descriptions of over 200 multicultural children’s books, the text details preschool children’s emergence into literacy through student-centered, teacher-provided activities, and goes on to cover children’s literature acquisition through conventional, teacher-initiated activities in kindergarten. The book is packed with practical ideas and strategies for using music and art as natural languages, strengthening children’s writing muscles, and developing visual representational skills for reading through drawing.



Readers get up-to-date information on:

• How preschool children’s reading and writing skills emerge
• Incorporating multicultural literature into the classroom
• New technology appropriate for preschool programs

Product details

• Authors: Janice J. Beaty, Linda Pratt
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2014
• EAN: 9780133563306
• ISBN: 978-0-13-356330-6
• No. of pages: 344
• Weight: 590 g
• Series: Pearson; Pearson