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Sinclair, Anne; Golan, Michal – Early Child Development and Care, 2002
Observations of spontaneous behaviors and comments of one child pertinent to emergent literacy are reported. The following areas are addressed: letter/numeral naming; the meaning of print; the communicative function of print; conception of meaning-units or words; language games; awareness of the sound of language; and the relationship between…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Beginning Writing, Case Studies, Early Reading

Rieben, Laurence; And Others – Learning and Instruction, 1997
Word-search strategies were studied in a longitudinal design with 56 Swiss children from kindergarten through grade two. Results show clear developmental trends from logographic, to assembled alphabetic, to alphabetic/orthographic addressed strategies. Differences in progression through the phases were linked to reading and spelling. (SLD)
Descriptors: Child Development, Early Reading, Elementary School Students, Individual Differences