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Direct linkRowe, Deborah; Fain, Jeanne Gilliam – Language Arts, 2013
The Family Backpack Project provided 249 low-income, prekindergarten children and their families with opportunities to read and listen to audio recordings of 3 sets of books in their homes. Families received English or dual-language texts (English plus Spanish, Arabic, Kurdish, or Somali) matched to their home languages. Children and their…
Descriptors: Journal Writing, Low Income Groups, Preschool Children, Family Programs
Roser, Nancy – Language Arts, 2012
This column examines research studies that foster children to explore the relationship between text and images. The collaboration of an engaging picturebook and a good teacher unlocks rich discussion and interaction among the students. Through visual literacy, children are active participants while making meaning and strong connections. The cited…
Descriptors: Literacy, Visual Literacy, Reading, Picture Books
Rowe, Deborah Wells – Language Arts, 2010
In this essay, the author addresses the current status of emergent literacy research. First, she sets the stage by briefly exploring the important questions and continuing contributions of the emergent literacy perspective. Next, she examines some inherent theoretical tensions--especially how emergent literacy's research questions have bounded and…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Children, Preschool Education, Reading Research
Tolentino, Efleda Preclaro – Language Arts, 2007
Based on the results of a qualitative study that examined the role of talk during literacy events in a preschool classroom, this article describes ongoing talk among 4-year old children during three reading activities: reading informational text; narrating a story; and browsing over photos. The reading activities in which preschool children were…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Learning Activities, Discussion (Teaching Technique)
Clyde, Jean Anne; Miller, Carol; Sauer, Stacy; Liebert, Karen; Parker, Susan; Runyan, Sarah – Language Arts, 2006
"Reggio Emilia" is a remarkable, interdisciplinary inquiry-based approach typically found in preschools. What happens when elementary teachers confined by curricular mandates embrace key features of this learner-centered philosophy? This article provides compelling evidence that when multiple literacies are harnessed in support of inquiry, the…
Descriptors: Reggio Emilia Approach, Inquiry, Primary Education, Kindergarten
Smolkin, Laura B.; Donovan, Carol A. – Language Arts, 2005
Gail Gibbons is an author/illustrator of children's informational texts. This article provides in-depth information about one particular science trade book, how it was created, and how it works, so teachers can share these ideas with their own students and so they can make use of this knowledge in their own teaching with informational texts. The…
Descriptors: Teachers, Astronomy, Nonfiction, Illustrations
