Full Description
Reimagining Early Childhood Education for Dual Language Preschoolers: Enhancing Children's Agency through Inquiry, Writing, and Reading introduces the Interdisciplinary Biliteracy Sequence (IBS), a framework designed to support bilingual learning in preschool classrooms. The authors share insights from a year-long research project where dual language teachers implemented the IBS with preschool emergent bilinguals. Through classroom examples, they illustrate how this approach integrates active exploration, knowledge-building, and biliteracy development. Emphasizing the power of play and multimodal learning, they highlight how educators can leverage children's cultural and linguistic assets to foster meaningful learning.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Chapter 1: The Interdisciplinary Biliteracy Sequence in Action
Chapter 2: Why an Interdisciplinary Biliteracy Sequence?
Chapter 3: Phase 1: Exploring and Learning
Chapter 4: Phase 2: Writing and Drawing
Chapter 5: Phase 3: Reading and Conversing
Chapter 6: Extending the Learning: Thematic Learning Centers
References
Appendices
Appendix A: Transition Songs
Appendix B: CROWD Prompts
Appendix C: Sample Schedule
Appendix D: Sample Unit
Appendix E: Blank Template
Appendix F: IBS Implementation Tool
Appendix G: IBS Simplified Checklist
Appendix H: Sample Observations during Read-Alouds
