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Levin, Jill – 1988
This paper surveys methods for teaching reading and writing in kindergarten. The paper stresses the importance of accepting a child's own efforts, including invented spelling, and providing an atmosphere that encourages experimentation. Chapter 1 introduces the topic; chapter 2 provides a historical overview. The current state of the art is…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Computer Assisted Instruction, Educational Methods, Kindergarten
Download full textBurke, Erin – 1997
Reading aloud to children is the most important step towards making a child a reader. It exposes them to print and excites their curiosity through intriguing story lines. Parents play an enormous role in this aspect of reading development, because it begins long before a child is in school. In the beginning of school, teachers spend time assessing…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Classroom Techniques, Decoding (Reading), Invented Spelling
McCracken, Robert A.; McCracken, Marlene J. – 1986
Focusing on the development of literacy, this book discusses the teaching of reading and writing through stories, songs, and poetry. It is argued that, to develop literacy, teachers must know what to teach, how to Teach efficiently, and how to assign practices through which children learn. The book is organized into three general parts. The first…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Cognitive Development, Language Experience Approach
Indiana State Dept. of Public Instruction, Indianapolis. Div. of Reading Effectiveness. – 1967
The five sections of this handbook contain reading tutor training materials, with each section listing behavioral learning objectives specific to a particular instructional situation. The first section defines the role of the tutor, sets forth general principles for successful tutoring, presents examples of interest inventories for elementary and…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Elementary Secondary Education, High School Students, Instructional Materials
Bear, Donald R. – 1987
Designed to instruct adult literacy teachers in using Language-Experience and Oral History techniques and distributed statewide to teachers in Nevada, this manual presents reading materials, diagnostic packages, and guidelines for adult literacy program organization. The first of three chapters begins with an introduction to the manual, and…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Basic Skills, Case Studies
Itzkoff, Seymour W. – 1996
This nontechnical guide for parents and teachers examines learning to read from infants' babbling to the fluent reading of children reading independently for pleasure. Chapter 1, "Baby Speaks," describes language development in infancy. Chapter 2, "Our Alphabet: Language by Ear and by Eye," presents the alphabetic system and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Dyslexia, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy
