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Overview
Developing Language & Literacy with Young Children, Third Edition, gives parents, teachers, and other professionals who work and play with young children a confident understanding of communication and language development for children from birth to age eight. This resource examines the range of elements that are typical of communication and language activities: thinking, feeling, imagining, talking, listening, drawing, writing, and reading.
The author emphasizes the importance of children's relationships and communications with the people who care about them, spend time with them, and share in the excitement of their developing languages and their investigations of literacy.
This guidebook covers:
- Early communication and language
- Achievements of young bilinguals
- Stories, narratives, and language play and their significance in literacy development
- Emerging literacy in homes, early years settings and classrooms
Synopsis
Developing Language & Literacy with Young Children, Third Edition, gives parents, teachers, and other professionals who work and play with young children a confident understanding of communication and language development for children from birth to age eight. This resource examines the range of elements that are typical of communication and language activities: thinking, feeling, imagining, talking, listening, drawing, writing, and reading.
The author emphasizes the importance of children's relationships and communications with the people who care about them, spend time with them, and share in the excitement of their developing languages and their investigations of literacy.
This guidebook covers:
- Early communication and language
- Achievements of young bilinguals
- Stories, narratives, and language play and their significance in literacy development
- Emerging literacy in homes, early years settings and classrooms
Editorials
From the Publisher
'This highly readable guide discusses how to help babies become competent communicators...Anybody working with babies and young children needs to have the knowledge that Whitehead clearly explains here' - Sure Start'The author's approach to this topic is effective and provides beneficial information about language and literacy development...an enjoyable yet informative read for parents, care givers, educators, librarians and other practitioners working with young children. This is a worthy title to add to your personal or professional collection!' Education Libraries