Full Description
Packed with the latest research-based instructional strategies, Zimbalist/Machado's EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN LANGUAGE ARTS, 12th edition, teaches you how to best interact with children to promote appropriate language development as well as how to create a print-rich environment in the classroom. Activities throughout this practical text emphasize the relationship among listening, speaking, reading, writing (print) and viewing in language arts areas. Theory is followed by how-to suggestions and plentiful examples of classic books and stories, poems, finger plays, flannel board and alphabet experiences, puppetry, language games, drama, and phonemic and phonetic awareness activities. In addition to thorough integration of professional standards, the 12th Edition includes an emphasis on diversity and inclusion, along with techniques and tips for adapting curricula.
Contents
Section 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: EMERGING LITERACY IN THE YOUNG CHILD.
1. Beginnings of Communication.
2. The Tasks of the Toddler.
3. Preschool Years.
Section 2: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PROGRAMS: RECOGNIZING DIVERSE NEEDS AND GOALS.
4. Understanding Differences.
5. Achieving Language and Literacy Goals through Program Planning.
6. Promoting Language and Literacy.
7. Developing Listening Skills.
Section 3: LITERATURE AND OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS AREAS.
8. Children and Books.
9. Storytelling.
10. Poetry.
Section 4: THE GROWTH OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION.
11. Language Growth through Flannel Boards, Puppetry, and Dramatization.
12. Realizing Speaker Goals.
13. Group Times.
Section 5: WRITING AND READING: NATURAL COMPANIONS.
14. Print-Early Knowledge and Emerging Interest.
15. Reading and Preschoolers.
Section 6: SCHOOL AND HOME: ENVIRONMENTS, FAMILY, AND PARTNERSHIPS.
16. Developing a Literacy Environment.
17. The Family-Center Partnership.
Appendix.
Glossary.
References.
Index.
