Julia Irwin, Dina Moore

Preparing Children for Reading Success

Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 126
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Oktober 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 7mm
• Gewicht: 195g
• ISBN-13: 9780810892538
• ISBN-10: 0810892537
• Artikelnr.: 41244248

Autorenporträt

Julia Irwin is a Senior Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, CT, a not-for-profit research institution with a focus on communication, language and reading. Dr. Irwin is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University. Dina Moore is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Southern Connecticut State University and a Research Affiliate of Haskins Laboratories. Her research examines individual differences in reading skill and the cognitive factors that underlie these differences

Inhaltsangabe

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