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Attention Parents! Your Pre-School Child and Reading.
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Fitzpatrick, Karen – Reading Improvement, 1982
Describes several techniques that enable parents to prepare their preschool children for the actual process of learning how to read that they will encounter when they enter school. (FL)
Descriptors: Early Reading, Parent Role, Preschool Education, Reading Instruction
I1 Bilinguismo nella Scuola Dell'Infanzia: Motivazioni Psico-linguistiche e Glottodidattiche. Appunti su Alcuni Presupposti. (Bilingualism in the Preschool: Psycholinguistic and Glottodidactic Reasons. Notes on Some Assumptions).
Titone, Renzo – Rassegna Italiana di Linguistica Applicata, 1982
Discusses the results of recent research concerning the effects of bilingualism on the development of preschool children and explains how early bilingual education greatly enriches a child's personality cognitively, linguistically, affectively, socially, and morally. Claims it is possible and beneficial to offer young children the opportunity to…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Early Reading, Language Research
Early Bilingual Reading.
Titone, Renzo – Prospects, 1985
This discussion reviews literature on early bilingualism and early reading in two languages and summarizes a research project aimed at developing the experimental conditions for teaching early bilingual reading in institutional settings. The review notes positive effects of early reading generally and of early bilingual literacy on intellectual…
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Bilingualism, Classroom Techniques, Cognitive Development
Katy Learns to Read and Write.
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Walton, Sherry – Young Children, 1989
Highlighted by Katy's early reading and writing experiences, guidelines to help young children become effective readers and writers are offered to parents and teachers. (BB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Early Reading, Literacy, Parent Materials
Helping Children Take Early Steps toward Reading and Writing.
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Wiseman, Donna L. – Reading Teacher, 1984
Argues that by encouraging children in their early writing efforts, adults can help them develop into confident and comfortable writers. (FL)
Descriptors: Child Language, Cognitive Development, Early Reading, Integrated Activities
Children with LD as Emergent Readers: Bridging the Gap to Conventional Reading.
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Kaderavek, Joan N.; Justice, Laura – Intervention in School and Clinic, 2000
This article provides an overview of how an emergent literacy perspective may serve as a framework for better understanding the reading and writing behaviors of young children with learning disabilities. Specific intervention techniques are given to help teachers provide rich, meaningful emergent literacy opportunities in the classroom. (Contains…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Early Reading, Elementary Education, Emergent Literacy
Developing Concepts of Literacy in Young Children.
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Mass, Leslie Noyes – Reading Teacher, 1982
Argues that concepts of literacy develop gradually and that in a natural language environment, saturated with good stories, meaningful conversation, and abundant writing materials, the process can begin even before a child goes to school. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Concept Formation, Early Reading, Parent Role
Compute First: Read and Write Later.
Monahan, Brian D.; Monahan, Terry A. – 1982
A computer program entitled "Story Time" encourages preschool children to use the important language skills that develop during the first 3 or 4 years of life to create and print original stories. Although the computer does not write the stories, it aids the children in the creation of stories by prompting them with questions. In order to use the…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Literacy, Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Programs