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Summary Table of Contents

Early Childhood Language Arts, Second Edition, is a comprehensive look at early childhood literacy education. Unlike most early literacy books, it includes listening, speaking, reading, and writing, with a strong children's literature emphasis throughout. This text provides instructors with a synthesis of the information on language arts gleaned from research on emergent literacy, early childhood education, and special education. It underscores what is being emphasized in early childhood teacher accreditation programs; namely, responding to the increasingly diverse needs of young language learners in inclusive settings, working with parents and families, and collaborating with professionals in other fields. Each chapter provides a discussion of the key concepts in the chapter, followed by case material that demonstrates how teachers, families, and professionals in other fields can work together to promote the literacy growth and development of a young child. The content and examples throughout every chapter enable students to see how children go through the process of acquiring literacy, and how literacy learning occurs with diverse groups of learners. The body of every chapter concludes with a section on teacher concerns and basic strategies, developmentally appropriate activities, teacher self-assessment, and information on standards as they relate to the content of each chapter.

Preface

Appreciating Diversity in Children's Language

(22)

Fact File on Language Diversity

(1)

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What Is a Community of Language Learners

(3)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

(2)

Contributions and Consequences

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

(1)

Diversity in the Language Arts

(1)

Meeting the Needs of Children with Language Differences

(3)

Overview of Children's Language Differences

(4)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

(3)

Activities to Support Diverse Language Learners

(2)

Teacher Self-Assessment

(2)

Optimizing Every Child's Language Growth through Family Literacy

(24)

Fact File on Families

(1)

What is Family and Community Engagement in Schools?

(1)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

(2)

The National PTA

(2)

Overview of Parents' and Families' Contributions to Early Literacy

(3)

Engaging Families as Observers of Children

(2)

Engaging Families as Environment Arrangers

(1)

Engaging Families as Interactors

(1)

Engaging Families as Motivators and Encouragers

(1)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

(5)

Activities to Support Family Literacy

(3)

Teacher Self-Assessment

(5)

Conclusion

(2)

Understanding Language Development during Early Childhood

(26)

Fact File on Language Development

(1)

What Is Language

(2)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

(1)

NAEYC Code of Professional Conduct

(1)

How Do Children Learn to Communicate

(3)

Components of Language

(4)

Overview of Language Development

(4)

Theories of Language Acquisition

(6)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

(1)

Classroom Activities to Support Language Development

(1)

Teacher Self-Assessment

(2)

Conclusion

(1)

Helping Young Children Become Better Listeners

(29)

Fact File on Listening

(1)

What Is Effective Listening?

(3)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

(1)

Why Is Listening Important?

(2)

Developmental Overview of Children's Listening

(4)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

(4)

Activities to Support Listening

(7)

Teacher Self-Assessment

(4)

Conclusion

100

(2)

Supporting the Speaking Abilities of the Very Young

102

(28)

Fact File on Speaking

103

(1)

What Is a Positive Talk Environment?

104

(2)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

106

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

107

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

Bilingual Education

107

(1)

How Do Young Children Use Speech?

108

(3)

Developmental Overview of Children's Speech

111

(7)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

118

(2)

Classroom Activities to Develop Children's Speaking

120

(9)

Conclusion

129

(1)

Facilitating Young Children's Expression through Drawing and Writing

130

(31)

Fact File on Children's Drawing and Writing

131

(1)

Relationships Between Drawing and Writing

132

(6)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

138

(2)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

140

(1)

The Process Approach to Writing

140

(1)

Developmental Overview of Children's Drawing and Writing

140

(7)

Prealphabetic Writing and Non representational Drawing

141

(1)

Representational Drawing and Alphabetic Writing

142

(5)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

147

(2)

Activities to Support Children's Drawing and Writing

149

(11)

Conclusion

160

(1)

Fostering Growth in Emergent Literacy and Early Reading

161

(35)

Fact File on Reading

162

(1)

What Is Reading?

163

(3)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

166

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

167

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

167

(1)

Behaviors Associated with Language Learning Disabilities in Young Children

167

(1)

Developmental Overview of Emergent Reading

168

(7)

Understanding What a Book Is

168

(1)

How a Book Works

169

(1)

Becoming a Listener and Participant

169

(2)

Inventing Stories to Go Along with Illustrations

171

(1)

Focus on Print, Meaning, and Story Knowledge

172

(1)

Focus on Word Configuration and Sound---Symbol Correspondence

172

(2)

Coordinating Knowledge of Print and Story

174

(1)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

175

(7)

Activities to Support Reading

182

(7)

Teacher Self-Assessment

189

(6)

Conclusion

195

(1)

Using Narratives and Storytelling to Foster Children's Growth in Literacy

196

(25)

Fact File on Narratives and Storytelling

197

(1)

What Is Narrative?

197

(2)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

199

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

200

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

200

(1)

The Benefits of Storytelling

200

(1)

Overview of Narrative Styles

201

(7)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

208

(1)

Activities to Support Storytelling

209

(10)

Teacher Self-Assessment

219

(1)

Conclusion

219

(2)

Leading Young Children to Literature

221

(32)

Fact File on Children's Literature

222

(1)

What Is Literature in Early Childhood?

223

(1)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

223

(3)

Contributions and Consequences

226

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

226

(1)

Evaluation Questions for Picture Books in Early Childhood Education

226

(1)

Reasons for Using Literature

227

(1)

Ways of Using Literature

228

(9)

Issues of Quality. Which books are better than others? Why?

228

(1)

Book Selection Issues. Which books are best suited to which child or group of children?

228

(2)

Categories of Books. Which types of books are generally appropriate for the very young?

230

(5)

Book Presentation Issues. How should books be shared with young children?

235

(2)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

237

(1)

Activities to Support Responses to Literature

238

(13)

Teacher Self-Assessment

251

(1)

Conclusion

252

(1)

Designing and Managing a Language Arts Program

253

(30)

Fact File: Influences on Early Childhood Curriculum

254

(1)

What Is a Balanced Curriculum?

255

(2)

Collaborating with Families and Professionals

257

(1)

Contributions and consequences

258

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Development

258

(3)

Early Childhood Literacy Development Committee

258

(3)

How Early Childhood Educators Shape Curriculum

261

(13)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

274

(2)

Activities to Support Diverse Language Learners

276

(4)

Teacher Self-Assessment

280

(2)

Conclusion

282

(1)

Documenting Children's Progress in the Language Arts

283

(34)

Fact File on Assessment

284

(3)

Collaboration with Families and Professionals

287

(1)

Contributions and Consequences

288

(1)

Standards to Guide Professional Practice

288

(1)

Fundamental Assessment Principles and Federal Legislation Governing Assessment Practices

288

(1)

Overview of Assessment Issues

289

(5)

Evaluating Language Arts Programs

294

(1)

Teacher Concerns and Basic Strategies

294

(5)

Activities to Document Children's Language and Literacy Growth

299

(16)

Information Gathered from Parents and Families

299

(2)

Data Gathered by the Teacher Aide, or Other Trained Personnel

301

(11)

Children as Informants about Their Own or Peers' Literacy Learning

312

(3)

Teacher Self-Assessment

315

(1)

Charting Your Progress in Learning about Student Assessment

315

(1)

Conclusion

316

(1)

References

317

(26)

Index

343

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