Helping young children learn language and literacy: birth through kindergarten

Description

In the Third Edition of this widely popular book, preservice and inservice teachers get sound instructional strategies for teaching the language arts to young children from birth to kindergarten and enhancing their reading, writing, speaking, and listening development.;Foundations of language and literacy -- Oral language development -- Family literacy and language development -- Organizing early language and literacy instruction -- Facilitating early language learning -- Sharing good books with young children -- Teaching early reading skills -- Teaching early writing -- Assessing young children's language and early literacy: finding out what they know and can do. Foundations of language and literacy -- Oral language development -- Family literacy and language development -- Organizing early language and literacy instruction -- Facilitating early language learning -- Sharing good books with young children -- Teaching early reading skills -- Teaching early writing -- Assessing young children's language and early literacy: finding out what they know and can do.