Learning to Listen, Listening to Learn: Building Essential Skills in Young Children

by Mary Renck Jalongo

Book Overview

Children's listening habits and skills are a good predictor of oral language profi ciency, reading and writing skills, and later school success. Good listening skills do not simply develop naturally--they must be taught and practiced--yet many teachers do not get training on how to teach children to listen.

Using clear language and real-life examples, Mary Renck Jalongo explains why being an effective listener is a challenge--for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1928896464
• ISBN13: 9781928896463
• Release Date: December 2007
• Publisher: National Association for the Education of You
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Finally, A Book On A Bane of Human Communication...

...and it helps to repair such a absence of proficiency in this skill starting with the very young. Jalongo, an early childhood expert well-known for innovative scholarship, delivers this much needed book that shows early childhood teachers how to teach to young children perhaps the most(?) important communication skill every to exist: listening. Every single chapter is worth two or three readings because each of them offers a different component to (1) understanding how listening differs among children and cultures; (2) showing teachers that listening is a complext process; and (3) realizing that listening involves teachers, children, and the families of the children. I do not want to say much more, because this book speaks well for itself. Please check it out...and it's very affordable.