Presents research findings about the development of metalinguistic awareness (MLA) in young children. Discusses MLA and reading readiness, and the implications for beginning reading instruction. Suggests various reading methods which allow children with both high and low levels of MLA to develop literacy. (MM)

Discusses ways that parents can help young children acquire reading skills without directly teaching them to read. A list of books for beginning readers, parent-child activities, and an annotated list of three books for parents are included. Two references are listed. (MES)

To better understand language-disordered children, the article describes prelinguistic development in normal children including such precursors to literacy as literacy socialization, a life filled with literacy events and functions, language awareness, word consciousness, ability to segment sentences into words, phonological awareness, and…

To answer the question of how phonemic awareness works to facilitate reading acquisition, this paper explores the fundamental connection between phonemic awareness, the alphabetic principle, and phonics in learning to read. The paper undertook a literature review to prove that phonemic awareness is an essential element in the path to literacy. It…

Research has informed educators about the value of preparing students for reading in the content areas, but how do teachers begin the complicated task of planning effective prereading activities that maximize their students' learning? This book provides practical activities that promote the learning of adolescents in their daily work in content…

Discusses how parents can be instrumental in developing prereading skills and fostering reading readiness in their children. (TO)

Describes the outreach program of reading readiness for preschool children and their parents at Glassboro Public Library. (JB)

Discusses how the learning of reading skills can be combined with the teaching of musical skills. (MM)

Discussion and results of a study made to indentify and quantify the reading interests of preschool children. (RB)

Amount of parent-child interaction was related to social class, although variation within classes was found. Home activities were not significantly correlated with reading readiness or achievement. Research was taken from a doctoral dissertation done by Wilma H. Miller under the direction of Dr. Ruth Strang at the University of Arizona, 1967. (DR)