The Young Child's Memory for Words: Developing First and Second Language and Literacy ebook

by Daniel Meier

Daniel Meier Schools and Teaching English

Describes the foundation for children's literacy development, including phonemic awareness, dictation, and social interaction.

Describes the foundation for children's literacy development, including phonemic awareness, dictation, and social interaction. Offers strategies and programs for promoting families as powerful partners in their children's literacy learning. And includes a full-color insert!.

Meier, Daniel R. (2004). New York: Teachers College Press. 146 pp. ISBN 0-8077-4429-8. As teachers, our understanding of our learning informs how we teach.

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspecctive, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspecctive, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings.

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspective, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings.

Description this book A Young Child s Memory for Words Provides guidelines for teachers on literacy development in young children.

This for us was the beginning of developing our understanding of print.

Dewi Blanco Pacific Oaks College HD 445: Writing Our Stories: Reflections on Literacy Development. The book The Young Childs Memory for Words touches on the subject of literacy in a way I had not been introduced to before, memory. The author, Danier Meier, connects the childs interest in learning and experiencing books, how memory relates to literacy in all aspects of talking, reading and writing, the memorization of concepts and skills, and creates a whole child approach as complicated as every aspect of a childs development. This for us was the beginning of developing our understanding of print.

Daniel Meier offers a fresh perspective, innovative strategies, and practical guidelines for the literacy development of young children in multilingual and multicultural settings. Presenting effective, research-based ways for early childhood and elementary teachers to develop a sound and lasting appreciation for, and love of, literature among their students, this resource:

Offers successful strategies for supporting the language and literacy learning of English language learners, with an emphasis on linking preschool and kindergarten language and literacy teaching. Features original examples of teaching and learning for children from birth through 8 years of age, including suggested activities and useful resource and reference lists. Describes the foundation for children’s literacy development, including phonemic awareness, dictation, and social interaction. Examines how connections between art and language can allow teachers to bring play into the classroom to foster literacy development. Offers strategies and programs for promoting families as powerful partners in their children’s literacy learning. And includes a full-color insert!