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Peer reviewedElkind, David – Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 1982
Argues that although Feitelson, Tehori, and Levinberg-Green raise important questions about early education in general and early reading instruction in particular, one major question remains to be answered: What sort of programs should group settings for young children provide? (MP)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Reading Instruction
Clinton, Hillary Rodham – Newsweek, 1997
The First Lady calls for Americans to work together and give parents the tools they need to raise their children, and to make learning a lifelong journey. (HTH)
Descriptors: Brain, Child Rearing, Cognitive Development, Early Experience
Peer reviewedSearcy, Bill – Childhood Education, 1988
Calls for reforms in instructional practices and curricula control in literacy programs that disenfranchise five- and six-year-olds who have already served for months or years as active members of the literacy club. Illustrated by one child's early literacy and kindergarten experiences. (BB)
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Case Studies, Early Reading, Educational Practices
Peer reviewedWerner, Patricia Holden; Strother, JoAnna – Reading Teacher, 1987
Enumerates ways to help early readers without negatively affecting their development in other areas, such as: (l) providing an atmosphere rich in environment print and positive role models, (2) using encouragement rather than praise as a means of reinforcing their progress, (3) exhibiting respect for the child, (4) eliminating criticism and…
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education, Early Reading, Emotional Development, Emotional Problems
Cohen, Rachel – Prospects: Quarterly Review of Education, 1985
One way of countering illiteracy is to teach children to read before they enter elementary school, e.g., in nursery school or at home. The "right age" for learning to read is discussed; positive results of a project in France that taught nursery school children to read and write are examined. (RM)
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Concept Formation, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
Lundsteen, Sara W. – 1986
Stressing the importance of understanding child development, this paper first describes the writing of several children in a kindergarten class who represent various levels of emerging literacy. Based on the descriptions of classroom activities, the paper argues that with a developmental perspective the teacher can build instruction on what the…
Descriptors: Child Development, Child Language, Developmental Stages, Early Reading
Teale, William H., Ed.; Sulzby, Elizabeth, Ed. – 1986
Focusing on the not-yet-conventional ways in which young children write and read--their nature, contexts, and significance for continuing literacy development, this book presents the perspective that children's early reading and writing behaviors are not pre- anything, but are integral parts of an incipient language process. Following an…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Child Language, Early Childhood Education, Early Reading
