Emergent Literacy in Kindergarten

By Violet B. Robinson, Gretchen Ross, Harriet C. Neal

The past several decades have spawned considerable research on emergent literacy. This authoritative book makes that research available and accessible to early childhood educators. By summarizing all of the relevant National Research Council data and presenting related recommendations from IRA and NAEYC, it enables teachers to create instructional programs that are based upon sound thinking. Emergent Literacy in Kindergarten: examines the linguistic features that function as cues in written language, enabling teachers to more effectively scaffold children into literacyexplores the research on the components of comprehension, including concepts about print, books, written text, vocabulary, and the text structure of the narrative genre (story content) and the expository genre (factual content)presents research on the components of phonological processing and phonological recodingreviews research on children's writing in preschool and kindergarten, including studies of children's concepts about writing, the stages of writing, writing forms, and the spelling-writing connectionprovides suggested activities and learning strategies related to the researchsummarizes all of the research and activities that were reported and provides additional suggestions and recommendations.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0970755600
• ISBN13: 9780970755605
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Heinemann
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 11.0" x 0.4" x 8.5"