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The Secret of Natural Readers: How Preschool Children Learn to Read
by Ada Anbar
Product Group: Book
Publisher: Praeger Publishers (2004-10-30)
ISBN: 0275984249
EAN: 9780275984243
Dewy Decimal #: 372.4
Hardcover: 232 pages
SKU: 00-EUN4-0FHD
Condition: Good
Comments: Former library book that seems to have never been checked out. Customary stamps and stickers present but the binding is very tight, as if unopened.
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Product Description
Interactions that involve the printed word occur spontaneously between young children and adults in the context of daily life activities. This is true, to a greater or lesser degree, in essentially all socioeconomic and cultural environments. Recognizing the critical importance of the early years for the development of literacy, the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and the International Reading Association (IRA) formulated, in 1998, a joint position statement regarding early literacy. That statement included a set of general recommendations for teaching practice. But following the Bush administration's "No Child Left Behind" legislation of January 2002, and the establishment of the Reading First and Early Reading First programs, early childhood educators are now under heavy pressure to be more specific and to issue standards, or shared expectations, for the literacy development of all children below kindergarten age. Utilizing the actual experiences of six preschool children, The Secret of Natural Readers documents the process of reading development through stories of their early years. The author discusses the implications of natural reading development and its feasibility among preschoolers from different segments of the population. She also spells out, for parents and early childhood teachers, critical information on how preschool children should learn to read.
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