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DiLorenzo, Kim E.; Rody, Carlotta A.; Bucholz, Jessica L.; Brady, Michael P. – Preventing School Failure, 2011
The authors explored "Itchy's Alphabet" as an innovative approach to teaching letter-sound connections through multisensory cues. This is the initial demonstration of this instructional method for increasing students' sublexical skills (letter identification, letter-sound knowledge, and phonological awareness). To examine the effectiveness of the…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Orthographic Symbols, Phonological Awareness, Kindergarten
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Science Activities: Classroom Projects and Curriculum Ideas, 2005
High/Scope's approach to education is a blend of Jean Piaget's constructivist theory of child development and the best of traditional teacher experience. The High/Scope approach is about helping students gain knowledge and skills in important content areas, such as language and literacy, initiative and social relations, movement, music, and…
Descriptors: Early Reading, Teaching Guides, Reading Skills, Emergent Literacy
Itzkoff, Seymour W. – 1996
This nontechnical guide for parents and teachers examines learning to read from infants' babbling to the fluent reading of children reading independently for pleasure. Chapter 1, "Baby Speaks," describes language development in infancy. Chapter 2, "Our Alphabet: Language by Ear and by Eye," presents the alphabetic system and…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Dyslexia, Early Reading, Emergent Literacy