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Lars Holm; Helle Pia Laursen; Annegrethe Ahrenkiel – Literacy, 2024
Based on an analysis of three literacy events in nursery schools, this article focuses on how literacy forms part of children's social practices and co-creates the language environment in the nursery and how place, affect and materiality play a key role in children's multimodal and embodied meaning-making around literacy. The analysis is based on…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschools, Young Children, Social Behavior
Boldrini, Greta; Fox, Amy C.; Savage, Robert S. – Literacy, 2023
We describe the rationale for- and content of- a freely available, novel, theoretically driven and evidence-based approach to improving the teaching of word reading in reception classrooms called 'Flexible Phonics'. Flexible Phonics (FP) adds measurable value to-, rather than wholly replacing, existing synthetic phonics programmes. The rationale…
Descriptors: Phonics, Reading Instruction, Early Reading, Preschool Children
Bromley, Tamara; Oakley, Grace; Vidovich, Lesley – Literacy, 2019
Since the early 2000s, literacy education has become an area of intense focus in Australian education policy, positioned to have a role in Australia's pursuit of enhanced international competitiveness in the "global knowledge economy". Policy called for improvements in literacy outcomes, monitored by mandated annual assessments, and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Literacy Education, Educational Policy, Curriculum Development
What's Hot in Literacy: The Duality of Explicit Instruction & Cultural and Linguistic Considerations
Grote-Garcia, Stephanie; Ortlieb, Evan – Literacy Research and Instruction, 2023
The annual What's Hot in Literacy survey was conducted to determine what topics are currently receiving attention, and how they are being addressed effectively within schools and in the emerging research. Twenty-five literacy experts served as panelists and were interviewed to determine which of the 30 topics were a focus of current attention. The…
Descriptors: Literacy, Preschool Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Specialists
Glotov, Sergei – Journal of Media Literacy Education, 2023
Cultural misrepresentation simplifies cultures and their minorities, promotes racism, nationalism and eventually weakens democracies by spreading false information through audio-visual media. Intercultural film literacy education combines intercultural education and film literacy and uses a film as a starting point to discuss the cultural context,…
Descriptors: Cultural Awareness, Films, Visual Arts, Art Education
Schick, Adina R.; Scarola, Lauren; Niño, Silvia; Melzi, Gigliana – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Teachers' sharing of picture books is a quintessential activity in early childhood classrooms, and has been found to be predictive of children's language and literacy skill development. Although most research, to date, has focused on the manner in which preschool teachers share text-based books with their students, recent work has recommended that…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Preschool Education, Hispanic American Students, English Language Learners
Adam, Helen; Barratt-Pugh, Caroline – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Research has consistently established the positive impact of sharing books with young children. Evidence suggests several important factors when evaluating book sharing with young children, including the quality of educator practice = and the nature of groupings, as well as the frequency and duration of book sharing sessions and access to books.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Young Children, Reading Strategies, Books
Kotas, Jacqueline; Bridi, Julia; Garrity, Sarah M. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Using data from a 2-year empirical project in an urban school within the United States, this article describes how educators of preschool, transitional-kindergarten and kindergarten (PreK-TK-K) altered perceptions and practices as a result of participating in a purposefully crafted professional learning community using collaborative enquiry.…
Descriptors: Preschool Teachers, Kindergarten, Urban Schools, Teacher Attitudes
Cutler, Laura; Slicker, Gerilyn – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Educators and families frequently use children's picture books to introduce young children to unfamiliar experiences, including the start of school. In this study, we examine 52 U.S. picture books portraying the transition to kindergarten. Specifically, this content analysis explores the depiction of kindergarten teachers, including the…
Descriptors: Picture Books, Teaching Methods, Kindergarten, Preschool Teachers
Roberts, Kathryn L.; Rochester, Shana E. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Family literacy programmes can take many shapes, and are often focused on training adult caregivers to engage in particular literacy activities with their young children. In this study, through a series of five, two-hour workshops, we instead worked to help families take advantage of opportunities to infuse literacy learning into their daily…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Preschool Education, Family Programs, Family Involvement
Cheyney-Collante, Kristi – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
The purpose of this case study was to investigate a segment of a data set collected as part of a larger ethnographic study exploring the early language and literacy practices of one unique preschool programme, selected for its unusually high outcomes for children in typically underserved populations. The original study explored administrators'…
Descriptors: Preschool Education, Early Childhood Education, Emergent Literacy, Program Effectiveness
Hu, Bi Ying; Huang, Peishan; Wang, Shuang; Curby, Timothy – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2023
Many prior studies have shown that teachers' child-centered beliefs are positively associated with children's literacy development, but the mechanism driving this association is not well understood. The aim of the study was to examine whether teachers' responsive teaching, a general factor of teacher-child interactions, served as a mediator…
Descriptors: Teacher Attitudes, Literacy Education, Preschool Children, Preschool Teachers
García-Alvarado, Socorro; Arreguín, María Guadalupe; Ruiz-Escalante, José Agustín – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
This study explores communication and retelling skills that are revealed after Mexican-American preschoolers engaged in culturally sensitive read alouds. Participants, highlighted in this article, included two four-year-old preschool children in a Spanish/English dual language classroom. The children selected culturally relevant texts and engaged…
Descriptors: Mexican Americans, Hispanic American Students, Preschool Children, Preschool Education
Coba-Rodriguez, Sarai; Jarrett, Robin L. – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
Research in the United States (U.S.) documents that young Latino children whose families are characterized by demographic risk factors disproportionately lack the early literacy skills needed to successfully transition to kindergarten. Quantitative studies using comparative samples have found lower quality home learning environments and lower…
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, Mothers, Preschool Children, Low Income Groups
Aronsson, Lena – Journal of Early Childhood Literacy, 2022
Children's language development is a core task in Swedish preschool and central to how educators organize teaching and everyday activities. The curriculum's definition of language is described as extended, with language as both a prerequisite for learning and a learning effect, i.e. both internal processes and communication. This means that…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Preschools, Preschool Education, Preschool Curriculum