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Download full textGerde, Hope K.; Wright, Tanya S.; Bingham, Gary E. – American Educator, 2022
Writing gives children a way to share their voices and ideas with the world. Even in early childhood, the purpose of writing is to communicate. All young children have messages to share, and writing is one tool they can use to communicate those messages. For young children, it is quite challenging to form and remember messages while also figuring…
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Beginning Writing, Childrens Writing, Writing Instruction
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Print in the environment is typically posted in early childhood classrooms. However, the print that exists is often not meaningful to children, and teachers rarely engage children in using the print. This is a missed opportunity to support children's writing. This article presents research-based ideas for engaging children with meaningful print in…
Descriptors: Printed Materials, Writing Instruction, Beginning Writing, Emergent Literacy
Quinn, Margaret F.; Gerde, Hope K.; Bingham, Gary E. – Reading Teacher, 2016
Early writing is important to young children's development--research indicates that writing is predictive of later reading and writing. Despite this, preschool teachers often do not focus on writing and offer limited scaffolding to foster children's writing development. This article shares innovative ways to scaffold early writing across the three…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Young Children
Quinn, Margaret F.; Gerde, Hope K.; Bingham, Gary E. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Early writing is important to young children's development -- research indicates that writing is predictive of later reading and writing. Despite this, preschool teachers often do not focus on writing and offer limited scaffolding to foster children's writing development. This article shares innovative ways to scaffold early writing across the…
Descriptors: Scaffolding (Teaching Technique), Preschool Children, Preschool Curriculum, Young Children
Gerde, Hope K.; Goetsch, Megan E.; Bingham, Gary E. – Grantee Submission, 2016
Print in the environment is typically posted in early childhood classrooms. However, the print that exists is often not meaningful to children, and teachers rarely engage children in using the print. This is a missed opportunity to support children's writing. This article presents research-based ideas for how to create and engage children with…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Writing (Composition), Teaching Methods, Student Interests
Gerde, Hope K.; Bingham, Gary E.; Wasik, Barbara A. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2012
Writing is a critical emergent literacy skill that lays the foundation for children's later literacy skills and reading achievement. Recent work indicates that many early childhood programs offer children materials and tools for engaging in writing activities but teachers rarely are seen modeling writing for children or scaffolding children's…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Childrens Writing, Best Practices, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
