Developing Language and Literacy with Young Children
- Marian R Whitehead - Independent Consultant
Developing Language & Literacy with Young Children, Third Edition, gives parents, teachers, and other professionals who work and play with young children a confident understanding of communication and language development for children from birth to age eight. This resource examines the range of elements that are typical of communication and language activities: thinking, feeling, imagining, talking, listening, drawing, writing, and reading.
The author emphasizes the importance of children's relationships and communications with the people who care about them, spend time with them, and share in the excitement of their developing languages and their investigations of literacy.
This guidebook covers:
- Early communication and language
- Achievements of young bilinguals
- Stories, narratives, and language play and their significance in literacy development
- Emerging literacy in homes, early years settings and classrooms
'This highly readable guide discusses how to help babies become competent communicators...Anybody working with babies and young children needs to have the knowledge that Whitehead clearly explains here' - SureStart
'The author's approach to this topic is effective and provides beneficial information about language and literacy development...an enjoyable yet informative read for parents, care givers, educators, librarians and other practitioners working with young children. This is a worthy title to add to your personal or professional collection!' Education Libraries
This is really useful book that extend and encourage students' knowledge in understanding language and literacy in young age.
This is a book that teaches the Year 2 students 'Literacy in Early Childhood' on the ECS BA (Hons) degree module and they are progressing well.
Lovely easy book to read.
Particularly liked the chapter on how to talk to parents about communication and language.
