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Peer reviewedLanguage Arts, 1982
Provides teachers with an understanding of how sighted children develop concepts about print and how blind children develop concepts about braille. Prereading activities designed to extend young children's concepts about print are adapted for blind children. (HTH)
Descriptors: Blindness, Braille, Childhood Attitudes, Concept Formation
Peer reviewedGoodman, Yetta M. – Language Arts, 1982
Presents examples of young children using written language. Shows teachers and parents what they can learn from children's developing sense of written language. Suggests activities by which parents and teachers can spur child language development. (RL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Language Acquisition, Language Experience Approach
Peer reviewedNewkirk, Thomas – Language Arts, 1982
Transcripts of writing conferences and of interviews with students illustrate both the changes in the way students evaluate writing and the teaching strategies that sharpen evaluative skills. (RL)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Critical Reading, Elementary Education, Evaluative Thinking
