Literature for young children : supporting emergent literacy, ages 0-8

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Z1037.A1 G573 2009
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Available

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Summary

Literature For Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8, 6/e  is written for early childhood teachers and childcare professionals to help them learn to recognize high-quality children's literature and effectively use it to support emerging literacy development in preschool and primary-age children.  It not only exposes the literary merits of eary childhood literature, but also explains how to use children's literature as a teaching tool, offering a myriad of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children.

Contents

  • 1 Defining Literature for Children
  • The Range of Literature
  • Children's Preferences in Literature
  • 2 Evaluating Literature for Children
  • Evaluating Fiction
  • Evaluating Nonfiction
  • Evaluating Poetry
  • Evaluating Illustrations
  • Evaluating Interactive
  • Literature on CD-ROM
  • 3 Sharing Literature
  • Reading Aloud
  • Storytelling
  • Sharing Literature through Media
  • Helping Others Share Literature
  • 4 The Literature Curriculum
  • Developing the Imagination
  • Promoting Positive Attitudes
  • Grouping Books for Instructions
  • Using Literature Across the Curriculum
  • 5 Supporting Children's Language Development
  • Language Development in Young Children
  • Goals for Teaching and Learning
  • Opportunities Books Offer
  • 6 Supporting Children's Intellectual Development
  • Intellectual Development in Young Children
  • Goals for Teaching
  • Opportunities Books Offer
  • 7 Supporting Children's Personality Development
  • Personality Development in Young Children
  • Goals for Teaching
  • Opportunities Books Offer
  • 8 Supporting Children's Social and Moral Development
  • Social and Moral Development in Young Children
  • Goals for Teaching
  • Opportunities Books Offer
  • 9 Supporting Children's Aesthetic and Creative Development
  • Aesthetic and Creative Development in Young Children
  • Goals for Teaching
  • Opportunities Books Offer
  • 10 Planning Your Program
  • Seeing the Possibilities
  • Selecting Activities
  • Recognizing the Larger Context
  • Evaluating Your Literature Program
  • Appendix

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