Preparing children for reading success : hands-on activities for librarians, educators, and caregivers / Julia Irwin and Dina Moore.
Material type:
TextPublisher: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2015]Description: xx, 105 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780810893191 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0810893193 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780810892538 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0810892537 (pbk. : alk. paper)
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Shelving location | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book
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Main Library | Parent/Teacher Resource Collection-Children's | Please Ask at Children's Desk | 428.4 I72 | Checked out | 05/10/2024 | 33111008401115 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Preparing Children for Reading Success: Hands-On Activities for Librarians, Educators, and Caregivers will not only familiarize anyone who reads to young children with the essentials of promoting early and emerging literacy, but also contains more than 25 ready-to-go activities that can be immediately used to foster this critical skill development. Following a basic overview of preliteracy skills that prepare children for reading success, the book contains field-tested, proven activities that promote success in each of the following skill sets:
Alphabet knowledge Print concepts Book handling skills Phonological sensitivity Expressive vocabulary
Each of the activities is described in detail and linked to a popular children's book. This is a must-have how-to for anyone interested in promoting emerging literacy.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- The importance of reading -- The social-emotional benefits of reading -- Alphabet knowledge -- Book-handling skills and concepts about print -- Phonological awareness -- Vocabulary -- Decontexturalized language -- Writing.
Designed to familiarize anyone who reads to young children with the essentials of promoting early and emerging literacy. Irwin and Moore share activities that can be used to foster this critical skill development, and have linked these activities to popular children's books.