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In the new edition of this widely popular guide, Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8, early childhood teachers and child-care professionals get the help they need to recognize high-quality children's literature and to learn to use it effectively to support emerging literacy development in infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children. The authors, widely known as authorities in this field, explain how to use children's literature as a teaching tool and provide readers with a number of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children.
Features + Benefits
Teachers, child-care professionals, and students get the tools they need to effectively foster literacy development through methods and strategies for . . .
Selecting high-quality literature for young children including criteria and characteristics of various genres
Identifying classic and contemporary literature that is age-appropriate for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children
Determining how to use literature to support the development of children's language, cognitive skills, personality, social and moral development, and aesthetic and creative development through numerous descriptions, strategies and examples
Sharing literature to support emerging literacy skills through various instructional approaches
Understanding how national professional standards align with state and local standards for early childhood literacy
Integrating literature into the early childhood curriculum in ways that support children's literacy development
And they also receive:
Educational theory and research pertinent to the topic of each chapter
Developmental goals, teaching suggestions, and recommended literature gathered together and presented in a convenient, understadable table format
Backcover
The new edition of Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8 by renowned authorities Cyndi Giorgis and Joan Glazer provide early childhood teachers, child-care professionals, and students the tools to recognize and select high quality children's literature that positively impacts the lives of young children. In this guide, readers learn instructional approaches for using children's literature as a teaching tool and obtain a number of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children. This exciting resource features:
Suggestions for supporting English language learners
Recommended strategies to assist struggling readers
A look at children's authentic verbal, written, and artistic responses to literature
Boxed lists of developmentally appropriate books
Web site listings related to authors, illustrators, organizations, and other information about children's literature
Curriculum development guidance
1 Defining Literature for Young Children
The Range of Literature
Format
Literature-Based Media
Genre
Children's Preferences in Literature
Children and the Literary Experience
Helping Parents Select Literature
Summary
2 Evaluating Literature for Children
Evaluating Fiction
Literary Elements
Coherence
Integrity
Evaluating Nonfiction
Organization
Accurate Presentation of Facts
Current Information
Evaluating Poetry
Evaluating Illustrations
Proximity to Text
Developing the Text
Capturing the Emotional Link
Appropriateness of Illustrations
Evaluating Interactive Literature on CD-ROM
Summary
3 Sharing Literature
Reading Aloud
Finding the Right Book
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Storytelling
Finding the Right Story
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Sharing Literature Through Media
Finding the Right Media
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Helping Others Share Literature
Summary
4 The Literature Curriculum
Developing the Imagination
Promoting Positive Attitudes
Regular Sharing of Literature
Literature Selection
Strategies and Activities for Responding to Books
Grouping Books for Instruction
Book Comparisons
Units of Study
Webs
Using Literature Across the Curriculum
Summary
5 Planning Your Program
Seeing the Possibilities
A Book for Toddlers and Preschoolers
A Book for Primary Grades
Selecting Activities
Recognizing the Larger Context
The Literature Curriculum
The Child's World
Evaluating Your Literature Program
6 Supporting Children's Language Development
Language Development in Young Children
How Children Learn Language
How Children Become Literate
The Need to Hear Rich Language
The Need to Use Language
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Exposing Children to Mature Language
Introducing New Vocabulary in Context
Encouraging Language Play and Demonstrating How Others Have Used Language Creatively
Playing with the Patterns of Language
Exploring Other Languages
Giving Children Practice in Attentive, Critical, and Appreciative Listening Skills
Leading Naturally into Reading Encouraging Children to Respond to Books Orally
Engaging Children in a Variety of Writing Activities
Building Ideas from Types of Writing
Incorporating Visual Literacy
Summary
7 Supporting Children's Intellectual Development
Intellectual Development in Young Children
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Assisting in the Acquisition and Refinement of Concepts
Developing Skill in a Variety of Thinking Processes
Expanding the Ability to Reason Logically
Encouraging Critical Thinking
Engaging in Problem Solving
Summary
8 Supporting Children's Personality Development
Personality Development in Young Children
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Involving Children in Making Choices
Encouraging Children to Set and Complete Tasks
Building Self-Concept
Developing Sex-Role Expectations
Building Self-Esteem
Recognizing One's Own Values
Summary
9 Supporting Children's Social and Moral Development
Social and Moral Development in Young Children
Social Development
Moral Development
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Giving Children Experience in Making Inferences About the Feelin
This widely popular guide provides early childhood teachers, child-care professionals, and students with the criteria for selecting high-quality children's literature and strategies for how to use it to support infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age students in their literacy development.
This new edition presents the characteristics of high-quality literature that has the potential to impact the lives of young children-and shows how to use it effectively to support literacy development. The text offers an array of literature for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and contemporary and classic literature titles. Readers learn strategies for designing curriculum; developing language skills; and fostering moral, social, intellectual, aesthetic, and creative development in young children. Included are numerous practical instructional approaches, book examples, and response strategies, making this an indispensable tool for anyone working with children from infancy through primary grades.
In the new edition of this widely popular guide, Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8, early childhood teachers and child-care professionals get the help they need to recognize high-quality children's literature and to learn to use it effectively to support emerging literacy development in infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children. The authors, widely known as authorities in this field, explain how to use children's literature as a teaching tool and provide readers with a number of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children.
Features + Benefits
Teachers, child-care professionals, and students get the tools they need to effectively foster literacy development through methods and strategies for . . .
Selecting high-quality literature for young children including criteria and characteristics of various genres
Identifying classic and contemporary literature that is age-appropriate for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children
Determining how to use literature to support the development of children's language, cognitive skills, personality, social and moral development, and aesthetic and creative development through numerous descriptions, strategies and examples
Sharing literature to support emerging literacy skills through various instructional approaches
Understanding how national professional standards align with state and local standards for early childhood literacy
Integrating literature into the early childhood curriculum in ways that support children's literacy development
And they also receive:
Educational theory and research pertinent to the topic of each chapter
Developmental goals, teaching suggestions, and recommended literature gathered together and presented in a convenient, understadable table format
Backcover
The new edition of Literature for Young Children: Supporting Emergent Literacy, Ages 0-8 by renowned authorities Cyndi Giorgis and Joan Glazer provide early childhood teachers, child-care professionals, and students the tools to recognize and select high quality children's literature that positively impacts the lives of young children. In this guide, readers learn instructional approaches for using children's literature as a teaching tool and obtain a number of developmentally appropriate strategies for sharing literature with young children. This exciting resource features:
Suggestions for supporting English language learners
Recommended strategies to assist struggling readers
A look at children's authentic verbal, written, and artistic responses to literature
Boxed lists of developmentally appropriate books
Web site listings related to authors, illustrators, organizations, and other information about children's literature
Curriculum development guidance
1 Defining Literature for Young Children
The Range of Literature
Format
Literature-Based Media
Genre
Children's Preferences in Literature
Children and the Literary Experience
Helping Parents Select Literature
Summary
2 Evaluating Literature for Children
Evaluating Fiction
Literary Elements
Coherence
Integrity
Evaluating Nonfiction
Organization
Accurate Presentation of Facts
Current Information
Evaluating Poetry
Evaluating Illustrations
Proximity to Text
Developing the Text
Capturing the Emotional Link
Appropriateness of Illustrations
Evaluating Interactive Literature on CD-ROM
Summary
3 Sharing Literature
Reading Aloud
Finding the Right Book
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Storytelling
Finding the Right Story
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Sharing Literature Through Media
Finding the Right Media
Creating a Positive Environment
Helping Children Construct Meaning
Helping Others Share Literature
Summary
4 The Literature Curriculum
Developing the Imagination
Promoting Positive Attitudes
Regular Sharing of Literature
Literature Selection
Strategies and Activities for Responding to Books
Grouping Books for Instruction
Book Comparisons
Units of Study
Webs
Using Literature Across the Curriculum
Summary
5 Planning Your Program
Seeing the Possibilities
A Book for Toddlers and Preschoolers
A Book for Primary Grades
Selecting Activities
Recognizing the Larger Context
The Literature Curriculum
The Child's World
Evaluating Your Literature Program
6 Supporting Children's Language Development
Language Development in Young Children
How Children Learn Language
How Children Become Literate
The Need to Hear Rich Language
The Need to Use Language
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Exposing Children to Mature Language
Introducing New Vocabulary in Context
Encouraging Language Play and Demonstrating How Others Have Used Language Creatively
Playing with the Patterns of Language
Exploring Other Languages
Giving Children Practice in Attentive, Critical, and Appreciative Listening Skills
Leading Naturally into Reading Encouraging Children to Respond to Books Orally
Engaging Children in a Variety of Writing Activities
Building Ideas from Types of Writing
Incorporating Visual Literacy
Summary
7 Supporting Children's Intellectual Development
Intellectual Development in Young Children
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Assisting in the Acquisition and Refinement of Concepts
Developing Skill in a Variety of Thinking Processes
Expanding the Ability to Reason Logically
Encouraging Critical Thinking
Engaging in Problem Solving
Summary
8 Supporting Children's Personality Development
Personality Development in Young Children
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Involving Children in Making Choices
Encouraging Children to Set and Complete Tasks
Building Self-Concept
Developing Sex-Role Expectations
Building Self-Esteem
Recognizing One's Own Values
Summary
9 Supporting Children's Social and Moral Development
Social and Moral Development in Young Children
Social Development
Moral Development
Goals for Teaching
Opportunities Books Offer
Giving Children Experience in Making Inferences About the Feelin
This widely popular guide provides early childhood teachers, child-care professionals, and students with the criteria for selecting high-quality children's literature and strategies for how to use it to support infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age students in their literacy development.
This new edition presents the characteristics of high-quality literature that has the potential to impact the lives of young children-and shows how to use it effectively to support literacy development. The text offers an array of literature for infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and primary-age children, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and contemporary and classic literature titles. Readers learn strategies for designing curriculum; developing language skills; and fostering moral, social, intellectual, aesthetic, and creative development in young children. Included are numerous practical instructional approaches, book examples, and response strategies, making this an indispensable tool for anyone working with children from infancy through primary grades.