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Erica M. Barnes; Elizabeth Burke Hadley; David K. Dickinson – Elementary School Journal, 2025
Young children draw from verbal and nonverbal input to make meaning from texts, a skill that is foundational for later reading comprehension and academic achievement. However, prior studies have focused solely on teachers' verbal input during prekindergarten read-alouds. We examine four Black, female prekindergarten teachers' multimodal enactments…
Descriptors: Federal Programs, Low Income Students, Social Services, African American Teachers
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Hannah Lutzenberger; Lierin de Wael; Rehana Omardeen; Mark Dingemanse – Sign Language Studies, 2024
Minimal expressions are at the heart of interaction: Interjections like "Huh?" and "Mhm" keep conversations flowing by establishing and reinforcing intersubjectivity among interlocutors. Crosslinguistic research has identified that similar interactional pressures can yield structurally similar words (e.g., to initiate repair…
Descriptors: Learning Modalities, Sign Language, English, Expressive Language
Compton, Michelle Kay; Thompson, Robin Chappele – Redleaf Press, 2018
"StoryMaking" is a first-to-market book celebrating the multimodal literacies and learning that are demonstrated by young children as they imagine, play, make, and share their stories. It encourages inquiry-based play to develop literacy, and combines: (1) Story-retelling and story creation; (2) the Maker Movement--a creative and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Inquiry, Play, Emergent Literacy