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Guernsey, Lisa – School Library Journal, 2011
Until recently, ebooks for young children haven't been part of the hyped vernacular of "game-changing" technology. Instead, ebook conversations have focused on textbooks for older students or text-heavy, adult-oriented titles downloaded to ereaders like the Kindle, Nook, and Sony e-Reader. The arrival of portable, full-color, touchscreen devices…
Descriptors: Textbooks, Picture Books, Library Materials, Electronic Publishing
Sax, Leonard – School Library Journal, 2007
The gender issue is relevant to classroom learning in more ways than one. Increasingly in the United States, young boys are saying that school is stupid and they do not like to read. This phenomenon cuts across all demographic groups: it affects affluent white boys in the suburbs no less than it affects black boys in low-income neighborhoods. In…
Descriptors: Video Games, Predictor Variables, Literature Appreciation, Gender Issues
Avi – School Library Journal, 2009
In its simplest sense, readers theater is the presentation of written work in a dramatic format. The fundamental difference between readers theater and traditional theater is that performers read their lines. With readers theater there's no memorization, and usually there are no sets or costumes. There's also little or no stage movement. It's…
Descriptors: Scripts, Theater Arts, Reading Motivation, Reading Strategies
Arnold, Renea; Colburn, Nell – School Library Journal, 2005
Brain research is complicated, but its message is simple: babies are born learning and what they learn is up to us. New research on infant brain development shows that a child's experiences in the first three years of life have a distinct impact on her later development and learning. Here's why. All babies are born with one organ that is not fully…
Descriptors: Genetics, Brain, Child Development, Environmental Influences
Arnold, Renea – School Library Journal, 2005
Typically, when a parent and a toddler share a picture book, the adult reads and the child listens. But practitioners of a special, research-based technique called dialogic reading are turning that age-old model upside down. Dialogic reading transforms youngsters into storytellers and adults into active listeners, increasing the likelihood that…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Dialogs (Language), Picture Books, Language Acquisition