ERIC Number: EJ1141820
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Publication Date: 2017-Jun
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Promoting Alphabet Knowledge Using Peer-Mediated Intervention: A Dynamic Duo for Early Literacy Development
Harris, Kathleen I.; Kinley, Hannah L.; Cook, Angela
Young Exceptional Children, v20 n2 p55-68 Jun 2017
One of early childhood teachers' first questions of parents with regard to school readiness is whether the child knows the ABCs (Hyson & Tomlinson, 2014). Crucial pre-reading and writing skills, such as oral language, phonological awareness, print awareness, and alphabet letter recognition, are important to children's cognitive development and, therefore, are a main focus for early childhood educators (Dickinson & Tabors, 2001; Neuman, 2006). Knowing how to quickly recognize and visually discriminate letters plays a direct role in a child's ability to acquire the basic literacy skills necessary for academic success (Shidler & Harrigan, 2010). This article addresses the importance of alphabet knowledge in early literacy development and suggests peer-mediated intervention (PMI) as an evidence-based intervention strategy helping educators to promote alphabet knowledge and social skills among young children with disabilities.
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, School Readiness, Emergent Literacy, Alphabets, Intervention, Disabilities, Young Children, Peer Teaching, Teaching Methods
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Education Level: Early Childhood Education
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