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Factors that Affect Emergent Literacy Development When Engaging with Electronic Books
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Salmon, Lynda G. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2014
This article reviews extant literature with the purpose of identifying factors that affect the potential efficacy of electronic books to support literacy development during early childhood. Selection criteria include experimental, quasi-experimental, and observational studies from peer-reviewed journals from 2000 to 2013 with a target population…
Descriptors: Literature Reviews, Electronic Publishing, Literacy Education, Young Children
Using Music to Promote Children's Thinking and Enhance Their Literacy Development
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Salmon, Angela – Early Child Development and Care, 2010
In an effort to understand how children's literacy is affected by their life experiences, this article analyses the natural disposition of children to engage in musical activities that connect them to previous experiences and allow them to build new thoughts. Music is inherent to children's experiences and is related to sounds heard everyday,…
Descriptors: Music, Creative Writing, Action Research, Imagery
The Components of Young Children's Emotion Knowledge: Which Are Enhanced by Adult Emotion Talk?
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Salmon, Karen; Evans, Ian M.; Moskowitz, Sophie; Grouden, Melissa; Parkes, Fiona; Miller, Emily – Social Development, 2013
This research adopted observational and experimental paradigms to investigate the relationships between components of emotion knowledge in three- to four-year-old children. In Study 1, 88 children were assessed on the Emotion Matching Task (Morgan, Izard, & King), and two tasks requiring the generation of emotion labels and causes. Most tasks…
Descriptors: Task Analysis, Correlation, Emotional Response, Language Skills
Preschoolers Gather at a Norwegian Fish Market in Minnesota
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Borey, Valerie; Hegstad, Rebecca – Learning Languages, 2011
It is a typical day at the famous fish market in Bergen, Norway. Vendors wrapped in rain coats huddle under white tents, selling everything from shrimp to flowers to handmade souvenirs. Some tables are stacked with salmon and herring, while others feature baskets of berries and fresh fruits. Families out for their household grocery shopping are…
Descriptors: Program Descriptions, Food, Foreign Countries, Play
Beyond Pinocchio: Puppets as Teaching Tools in Inclusive Early Childhood Classrooms
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Salmon, Mary; Sainato, Diane – Young Exceptional Children, 2005
The global appeal of puppets makes them especially appropriate and useful for teaching and learning in inclusive early childhood classrooms where instruction must address the diverse needs of young children across a wide range of abilities (Gronna et al., 1999). Through the use of puppets, teachers (as well as peers) might demonstrate a skill in a…
Descriptors: Puppetry, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Education, Inclusive Schools
The Curriculum Belongs to the Community: Curriculum Planning and Development for Tlingit and Haida Young Children
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Rinehart, Nila M. – Zero to Three, 2006
The author argues that the curriculum in early childhood classrooms that serve American Indian and Alaska Native children must be grounded in community values, set in their societal context, and rooted in the rhythms of community life. The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Head Start developed a curriculum framework…
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Early Childhood Education, Preschool Curriculum