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Espiritu, Evangeline; Meier, Daniel R.; Villazana-Price, Norma; Wong, Manuel Kichi – Young Children, 2002
Four teachers from diverse early childhood environments formed a teacher research group to learn more about children's language and literacy development. This article discusses the formation of the group, the value of teacher research for understanding children's language, and the lessons learned by the participating teachers that enhanced their…
Descriptors: Action Research, Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Bilingual Students

Sackett, Ginni – NAMTA Journal, 2001
Discusses the first plane of development in the context of language work of the age 3-6 classroom. Examines the connections between spoken and written language and explains how literary images reflected in prose and poetry all contribute to a child's development as a reader and a writer. (TJQ)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Books, Childhood Interests