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| Texas Child Care | 3 |
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| Guides - Classroom - Teacher | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 1 |
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Texas Child Care, 1993
Suggests three ways to foster writing skills in preschool and primary school children: encourage language development; set up a writing center; and teach children to have fun with words. Offers instructions for writing projects, including making picture dictionaries, talking with pictures, writing outdoors, composing silly sentences, keeping…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Creative Writing, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education
Keith, Lori; Morrison, George S.; Brown, Karon – Texas Child Care, 2002
Discusses the increased literacy emphasis in schools and how early childhood programs can provide an enriched literacy environment. Defines and provides suggestions for activities related to basic literacy concepts: listening comprehension, phonological awareness, reading motivation, written expression, letter and early word recognition, and…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Early Childhood Education
Haywood, Janie F.; Perkins, J. Helen – Texas Child Care, 2003
Encourages caregivers to engage children in oral language activities that will help children develop skills necessary for reading and writing. Examines: (1) oral language as a predecessor to reading; (2) talking leading to learning; and (3) rich oral environment as a scaffold. Concludes with examples of oral-language activities for infants,…
Descriptors: Beginning Writing, Caregiver Speech, Class Activities, Emergent Literacy
