
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Early Literacy For Under-Fives
About this book
Embracing a multi-modal approach to early literacy, this textbook supports students as aspiring early years professionals with their understanding of early reading for under-fives and the critical links to language, literacy, and learning. This book looks at early literacy in all its forms including mark-making, sharing stories, making music and covers the breadth of literacy learning opportunities that take place outdoors and in museums, art galleries and more. With chapters on phonics, the deficit model, digital literacies and storytelling, this book is packed with everything you need to support you on your degree and help you to develop into a literacy advocate for under-fives.
This key text features individual chapter overviews that enable you to review and rethink, activities that bring theory into practice, and engaging case studies to provoke deeper thought. With reflection points, and ?review and rethinking pedagogy? sections, this interactive book emphasises the importance of engaging young children with early literacy activities.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Author
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Early Reading – What It Is
- 3 Early Reading – What It Is Not
- 4 Understanding Early Reading in a Wider Literacy Context
- 5 Early Reading and Phonics: Systematic Synthetic Phonics
- 6 The Deficit Model of Early Reading and Literacy
- 7 Being a ‘Reading’ Professional and a Literacy Advocate for Under-fives
- 8 Language and Literacy – The Bigger Picture
- 9 Digital Literacies and Multimodality
- 10 Storytelling, not ‘Herding Sheep'
- 11 Taking the Lead on ‘Literacy’ for Under-fives
- 12 Final Thoughts
- Glossary of Key Terms
- Index