Literacy Development in Early Childhood: Reflective Teaching for Birth to Age Eight

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Provides teachers with tools for reflective literacy instruction. The text's organization and narrative encourages pre-service teachers to become effective decision makers who select and implement instructional strategies based on their knowledge of individual children's emergent literacy behaviors and needs.

Explores literacy strategies through classroom- and home-based examples and vignettes. Numerous vignettes and examples of teacher child interactions demonstrate literacy scaffolding in an applied and authentic manner.

Supports teachers in multicultural and urban settings. An emphasis on linguistic and cultural diversity including an array of strategies for English language learners provides today's teachers with the knowledge to help all children succeed.

Title of related interest also available from Waveland Press: Farris-Werderich, Language Arts: Process, Product, and Assessment for Diverse Classrooms, Fifth Edition (ISBN 9781577666837).