Classroom treatment for the disabled reader in which the child is permitted to make reading errors and then to develop control over them is described. Homeopathic treatment emphasizes meeting the child's reading needs as they develop rather than determining causal factors and providing drastic remediation. A goal-oriented process of instruction is…

Reviews recent innovations in language arts instruction and provides lists of materials children read and books children might make. (DD)

Kindergarten teacher typed children's stories as they were dictated to her because it offered the children an opportunity to articulate ideas, practice using language effectively, weave pleasing stories, and create bonds between children and adults. (DF)

Proposes a variant of the language experience approach in which teachers provide simple models of repetitive sentences about an interesting object. (FL)

The case study of a third-grade learning disabled boy demonstrates effectiveness of meaning-centered tutoring involving observation, reading to S, and hearing the S language experiences. (MC)

Discusses the effectiveness of story telling as a means of teaching beginning reading. (RB)

Gives ways a parent can aid a child's involvement with words and language, and increase a child's pleasure in acting out stories. (GB)

The teacher must recognize the legitimacy of the dialect speaker's language by insuring that beginning reading materials accurately reflect the language and experience of the child. Each child should dictate and then read his own language. (Author)

A bibliography of journal articles related to language experience as an alternative to traditional methods of teaching reading. (HTH)

Spelling should be recognized as a developmental process that is child-initiated and discovery-based. Through use of an integrated whole language approach, children can be provided with opportunities to acquire spelling as a natural language process by beginning at their own developmental level and refining their internal knowledge of word…

Describes an interactive method of teaching reading that can be adapted to students' needs, skills, experience, and culture. Shows how the method develops phonological awareness and builds on skills adults already have, such as manual dexterity, visual analysis, and observation. (SK)

A case study of a language confused, bilingual, educable mentally retarded child is presented to illustrate the array of factors involved in teaching limited English proficient exceptional children. A brief summary and list of recommendations by the psychologist note the child's social, economic, and cultural background. Pinpointed are the…

An annotated bibliography of materials on the language experience approach to reading instruction, prepared as part of a study to determine the effects of and methods for implementing this approach in primary classrooms, comprises the major portion of this document. The bibliography's 63 annotations are arranged in four categories: (1) the…