Teaching and learning literacy in the early years can be a joyful, explorative and meaningful experience. This accessible book will give teachers and practition

How do early childhood educators foster young children’s understanding of reading and writing during this emergent literacy period? Moreover, how can they nur

"This core text introduces pre-service teachers to the essential components of literacy and describes how to effectively deliver explicit, evidence-based instru

While most children learn to read fairly well, there remain many young Americans whose futures are imperiled because they do not read well enough to meet the de

Bringing together prominent scholars, this book shows how 21st-century research and theory can inform everyday instructional practices in early childhood classr