Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy

TeachSource Video footage from the classroom, introduced in the text and viewable online, helps students relate key chapter content to real-life scenarios. Critical-thinking questions following each video provide opportunities for in-class or online discussion and reflection.

Practical and classic examples of activities, which can be used immediately, make the text a useful addition to the student's resource library. These include research-based activities that promote children's reading success in preschool classes.

Inclusive coverage emphasizes the importance of respecting and understanding each child's uniqueness and of creating language-rich environments to address the needs of, for instance, children from various cultural backgrounds, English-Language Learners, and children with special needs.

Separate chapters on infants and toddlers enhance understanding of their communication abilities and of the important role of adult behavior in promoting language growth.

The eleventh edition uses current research as well as classic findings and recommendations.

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NEW! Improved integration of professional standards helps students make connections between what they are learning in the textbook and the standards. A list of standards to be covered appears at the beginning of each chapter, including NAEYC's Early Childhood Program Standards and Accreditation Criteria (2007); DAP: Focus on Infants and Toddlers (2013); and Common Core Standards for English language arts and literacy. Icons identify standards-related content throughout the text; a complete list of the standards appears in the standards correlation chart on the book's inside covers.

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