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Chen, Jennifer J.; Adams, Charlene Brotherson – Childhood Education, 2022
From birth to preschool years, before the young children become conventional readers and writers, children are involved in a developmental process known as "emergent literacy," a concept that was coined by Marie Clay (a New Zealand scholar) in 1966. During this stage, children engage naturally in unconventional literacy behaviors such as…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Emergent Literacy, Preschool Teachers, Preschool Education