Education

For introductory courses in Early Childhood literacy.

A well-known early childhood author joins with a literacy expert to offer a brand new approach to early literacy in preschool, leading into kindergarten reading.  New research on how literacy emerges is put to use in chapters on setting up a literacy-friendly learning environment, music and art as natural languages, strengthening finger muscles for writing through 3-dimensional art, cooking, and woodworking, developing visual representational skills ( a la Reggio Emilia), developing the important "sense of story sequence" through role-plays, story reenactments, and flannel board stories. 

Teachers are asked to make a paradigm shift in regard to their opinion of children's books as mere sources of entertainment.  This text uses picture books as keys to unlocking an entire curriculum of literacy activities, with cultural book characters like real children, leading preschool and kindergarten listeners into learning centers filled with exciting literacy activities for them to pursue on their own.  Emergent Literacy (child-initiated) and skill-based teaching (teacher-oriented) are discussed along with suggestions on how and when to use each. 

A discussion of the new early childhood curriculum standards suggests ways to incorporate them in early childhood classrooms.

• Latest research (especially brain research) is tied to practical applications-Helps students understand how reading and writing emerge, why particular picture books can support this research, and what they need to do as classroom teachers to bring books and children together.
• Children's books integrate literacy into all areas of the preschool and kindergarten curriculum-Students learn how they as teachers can determine which books to choose and use in art, music, dramatic play, manipulative, cooking, woodworking, science, math, blocks, writing, computer, and large motor learning centers.
• Five Learning Activities appear at the end of each chapter-Students must discuss concepts they have learned from chapters and then apply them with children in actual or simulated classroom experiences.
• Bridges the gap between reading in preschool and first grade because it discusses in detail how reading is taught and children are assessed in kindergarten-Professors will find this discussion an important contribution to their own ideas about emergent literacy, and an important element in the design of their courses.
• Topical Cultural Character Book Index in Appendix B-88 topics are listed along with book titles featuring each topic.

PART 1:  INTRODUCTION

1.  Foundations of Early Literacy

2.  A Multicultural Perspective

PART 2:  EMERGENT SPEAKING

3.  Language Development in Young Children

4.  Sounds of the Language: Rhyme, Rhythm, and Song

5.  Sounds of the Language: Speaking and Listening

PART 3:  EMERGENT WRITING

6.  Developing Eye-Hand Coordination

7.  Art as a Natural Language

8.  Becoming a Writer

PART 4:  EMERGENT READING

9.  How Reading Emerges

10.  Home Book Experience

11.  Becoming a Reader

Appendix A:  Cultural Character Paperback Books from Scholastic

Appendix B:  Topical Cultural Character Book Index

Appendix C:  Addresses of Educational Supply Companies

Index of Children's Books

Index

Emergent Literacy  [CORE TEXTS]   (Reading & Literacy)
Language Arts in Early Childhood Education  (Early Childhood Education)

Janice J. Beaty, professor emerita, Elmira College, Elmira, New York, is a full-time writer of early childhood college textbooks and a consultant and trainer in early childhood education from her home in Cape Coral, Florida. Some of her textbooks include Skills for Preschool Teachers, Seventh Edition, Observing Development of the Young Child, Sixth Edition, Prosocial Guidance for the Preschool Child, 50 Early Childhood Literacy Strategies, and 50 Early Childhood Guidance Strategies. At present Dr. Beaty is involved in an early literacy mentoring program with Foster Grandparents in schools and Head Start in Central Missouri.

Linda Pratt is the Executive Director of Teacher Education and a Professor of Education at Elmira College. For more than 20 years she has taught both graduate and undergraduate courses in literacy education and has directed the graduate program in teaching literacy.  Her primary scholarly interests are literacy acquisition and international education. Dr. Pratt has given presentations on literacy in the United States as well as in Asia, the Bahamas and Caribbean, Canada, Europe, and South America. She and Dr. Beaty have also given presentations together, as well as coauthoring the textbook Transcultural Children's Literature published by Merrill/Prentice Hall.

Early Literacy in Preschool and Kindergarten: A Multicultural Perspective is an applied text focusing on how literacy develops in young children and the ways in which teachers can encourage the natural emergence of early reading and writing. It has a special emphasis on multicultural children’s literature, including detailed descriptions of over 200 multicultural children’s books. Packed with practical supports and strategies for teachers, such as early literacy checklists to help understand children’s capabilities and many suggestions for using classroom materials and centers to support literacy, this text is a valuable resource for early childhood professionals.

Key changes to this text include:

• More explicit labeling of emergent literacy terms and development of language acquisition and literacy  behaviors
• More about recognizing educational standards and evidence-based research
• More on how infants and toddlers acquire language
• More strategies to support English-language learners and children with special needs

Online Instructor's Manual, 2/E
Beaty
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131995847 | ISBN-13: 9780131995840
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Online Test Bank, 2/E
Beaty
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | On-line Supplement | Instock
ISBN-10: 0132395851 | ISBN-13: 9780132395854
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Allyn & Bacon Digital Media Archive CD-ROM for Education, 2001 Edition
Allyn & Bacon
©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205319602 | ISBN-13: 9780205319602
URL:  http://www.ablongman.com/dma

CourseCompass (5.0) Instructor Quick Start Guide
Allyn & Bacon & Longman
©2007 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205531709 | ISBN-13: 9780205531707

Responding to Hate at School: A Guide for Teachers, Counselors, and Administrators
Southern Poverty Law Center
©2001 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130284580 | ISBN-13: 9780130284587

VideoWorkshop for Language Arts Methods: Instructor's Teaching Guide with CD-ROM
Murphy
©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 80 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205456464 | ISBN-13: 9780205456468

VideoWorkshop for Language Arts Methods: Student Learning Guide w/ CD-ROM
Murphy
©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | Paper Bound w/CD-ROM; 48 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0205457169 | ISBN-13: 9780205457168

Literacy Library Video B-Guided Reading
Reutzel
©2004 | Allyn & Bacon | Video; 1 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131123955 | ISBN-13: 9780131123953

Literacy Library, Video A, 10/E
Heilman, Blari & Rupley
©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | Video | Instock
ISBN-10: 0130420875 | ISBN-13: 9780130420879

Literature Circles: Responding to Literature in an 8th Grade Classroom, 5/E
Tompkins
©2002 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only | Out of Stock
ISBN-10: 0130611670 | ISBN-13: 9780130611673

Primary Grades Literacy CD
Harris & Tompkins
©2006 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only | Instock
ISBN-10: 013172133X | ISBN-13: 9780131721333

Teaching Writing CD-ROM
Education
©2005 | Allyn & Bacon | CD-ROM Only; 0 pp | Instock
ISBN-10: 0131175904 | ISBN-13: 9780131175907

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