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Pufpaff, Lisa A. – Journal of the American Academy of Special Education Professionals, 2021
Rhyme awareness is a typical component of preschool curricula, yet research evidence does not support a direct link between rhyming ability in typically developing preschoolers and later literacy acquisition. Since the evidence base on literacy development among typically developing children is often used to guide intervention among children with…
Descriptors: Rhyme, Language Rhythm, Preschool Education, Literacy Education
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Byrne, Brian; Wadsworth, Sally; Corley, Robin; Samuelsson, Stefan; Quain, Peter; DeFries, John C.; Willcutt, Erik; Olson, Richard K. – Scientific Studies of Reading, 2005
We conducted behavior?genetic analyses of kindergarten reading, spelling, phonological awareness, rapid naming, and spoken sentence processing in 172 pairs of monozygotic and 153 pairs of same-sex dizygotic twin kindergarten children sampled in the United States and Australia. We also modeled progress from preschool to kindergarten in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Phonology, Kindergarten, Spelling
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Stewart, Mark R. – Early Childhood Education Journal, 2004
This article briefly reviews recent research on teaching phonological awareness skills to preschoolers as well as the benefits of different types of bilingual education. A more in-depth analysis of research on cross-language transfer of phonological awareness/metalinguistic skills follows. The major recommendation resulting from this review is…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Reading Skills, Reading Instruction, Preschool Children