Birth Through Kindergarten. Paperback, Pearson
- An integrative view of how children learn language and literacy blends themes of constructivism and science-based instruction, respect for diversity, instruction-based assessment and family involvement in literacy learning.
- Real-world examples of research-based instructional strategies used by outstanding early childhood teachers in their own classrooms.
- Language and literacy are explored along a developmental continuum from birth through age 5.
- Approaches to early literacy teaching that span Prek to K are identified, including features of each approach.
- Focus Questions at the beginning of each chapter alert readers to the big ideas in the chapter. Brief end-of-chapter summaries revisit the Focus Questions to help students tie concepts together.