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| Beginning Reading | 4 |
| Early Reading | 3 |
| Preschool Children | 3 |
| Preschool Education | 3 |
| Emergent Literacy | 2 |
| Primary Education | 2 |
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| Fox, Caroline | 1 |
| Interorganizational Committee | 1 |
| Mikkelsen, Nina | 1 |
| Teale, William H. | 1 |
| Vellender, Anne | 1 |
| Willems, Arnold L. | 1 |
| Willems, Wanda L. | 1 |
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Peer reviewedInterorganizational Committee – Language Arts, 1977
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Prereading Experience, Preschool Education, Professional Associations
Peer reviewedVellender, Anne – Language Arts, 1989
Discusses children's interest in names, and the importance of this interest for their developing literacy. (MM)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Classroom Research, Emergent Literacy
Peer reviewedTeale, William H. – Language Arts, 1978
Studies of preschool reading are reviewed to determine environmental factors repeatedly associated with early reading. (DD)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Early Reading, Environmental Influences, Literature Reviews
Peer reviewedArtley, A. Sterl – Language Arts, 1975
Reading is a process in which interactions between the surface and deep structures of the language bring about understanding.
Descriptors: Context Clues, Decoding (Reading), Language Arts, Prereading Experience
Peer reviewedMikkelsen, Nina – Language Arts, 1985
Explores a preschooler's repeated attraction to two books, and what it means in terms of the child's literacy before she learns to read. Describes the child's advancing critical skills. (HTH)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Critical Thinking, Literary Criticism, Literature
Peer reviewedWillems, Arnold L.; Willems, Wanda L. – Language Arts, 1975
The importance of parents reading to their preschool age children is stressed.
Descriptors: Bibliographies, Books, Childrens Literature, Early Experience
Peer reviewedFox, Caroline – Language Arts, 1985
Describes a small scale study of children's experiences with books read aloud in nursery schools. Explores what young children learn from hearing books and stories read aloud, and shows how data from this study and a larger scale study conducted simultaneously can illuminiate thinking about early literacy. (HTH)
Descriptors: Emergent Literacy, Learning Processes, Nursery Schools, Prereading Experience
Peer reviewedCohn, Margot – Language Arts, 1981
Compares the stages of print awareness in two children to emphasize the developmental stages of literacy. Emphasizes the importance of parents and teachers responding appropriately as children develop their reading and writing skills. (HTH)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Concept Formation, Developmental Stages, Early Childhood Education
