The environment, from our bodies to our homes and school, is explored in April's early ed guide. (Editor)

To provide the very young deaf child with a background that will ensure success in reading, it is not necessary to have a formal reading program in the preschool. (Author)

EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES ARE PRESENTED WHICH SHOW THAT IT IS POSSIBLE FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN TO LEARN, IN A RELATIVELY SHORT TIME, WHAT ORDINARILY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE ADVANCED SKILLS. PRESCHOOL CHILDREN OF 2 AND 3 YEARS OF AGE CAN LEARN TO TYPE ON AN ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER, TO PRINT, TO READ, AND TO TAKE DICTATION. THE CAPACITY TO LEARN THESE SKILLS…

THE ASSUMPTION THAT READING DISABILITY CAN RESULT FROM A GAP BETWEEN THE DEVELOPMENTAL MATURITY OF CHILDREN AND THE DEMANDS OF A BEGINNING READING PROGRAM CARRIES WITH IT THE PROBLEM OF ASSESSING DEVELOPMENTAL STATUS. A LONGITUDINAL STUDY CONDUCTED TO DERIVE A METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING SIGNS OF IMMATURITY RELATED TO LATER READING DIFFICULTIES USED…

THE METHOD USED AT THE BELLEVUE, NEBRASKA, PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO TEACH READING READINESS AND THE PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF WORDS IN KINDERGARTEN THROUGH GRADE TWO IS DESCRIBED. SUGGESTIONS FOR TEACHING THE READINESS SKILLS OF AUDITORY AND VISUAL PERCEPTION, VOCABULARY SKILLS OF WORD RECOGNITION AND WORD MEANING, AND THE PHONETIC ANALYSIS OF WORDS IN GRADES…

THE EFFECTIVENESS OF TWO TRAINING METHODS TO FOCUS ATTENTION ON THE CRITICAL FEATURES OF LETTER-LIKE FORMS WAS STUDIED. SUBJECTS WERE 32 KINDERGARTEN PUPILS. SIX NONSYMETRICAL, STANDARD LETTER-LIKE FORMS AND FOUR TRANSFORMATIONS, CONSISTING OF RIGHT-LEFT AND UP-DOWN REVERSALS, 180 DEGREES AND 90 DEGREES ROTATION, WERE USED AS STIMULI TO LEARNING.…

THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROGRAM HAS BEEN TO DEMONSTRATE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF INTRODUCING CERTAIN LANGUAGE CONCEPTS IN KINDERGARTEN WHICH ARE NOT NORMALLY INCLUDED AT THAT LEVEL. SPECIAL EFFORTS WERE GIVEN TO MAKING THE CHILDREN AWARE OF THEIR SPEECH HABITS, LETTERS, WORDS, AND SENTENCES. VISUAL AND AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION SKILLS WERE…

FOURTEEN STUDENTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA, MOST OF THEM EXPERIENCED TEACHERS, ENROLLED IN AN EXPERIMENTAL TRAINING PROGRAM IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION ATTEMPTING TO DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT SHORT PERIODS OF INDIVIDUALIZED TRAINING OVER A PERIOD OF 5 WEEKS WOULD BE REFLECTED IN PUPILS' READINESS AS MEASURED BY THE METROPOLITAN…

In order to ascertain the effectiveness of a short instructional program involving four marking skills required in following directions, a study was conducted with six kindergarten classes (130 children) taught by three teachers. The experimental and control groups in each class were given the pretest and posttest on the same days; otherwise, the…

This study investigated the difference in effectiveness in increasing first-grade reading achievement of a traditional reading program in which no words were taught and a program that began with formal reading instruction in preprimers and no reading readiness. The subjects were 137 pupils in six first-grade classes in a middle-class suburban…

Investigated in this pilot experiment was a reading readiness program designed to introduce to kindergarten children the prereading skills necessary for later success in reading. Eighty-one children, primarily of Spanish origin or Negro, participated in the study. The 42 experimental subjects received instruction in the reading readiness program,…

In order to foster skills which would facilitate disadvantaged children's ability to learn to read, Buchanan and Sullivan developed the Readiness for Language Arts program published by the Behavioral Research Laboratories (BRL). A pilot study was run (1) to test the effectiveness of the BRL programmed materials on Head Start children and (2) to…

This Pupil's Book is a workbook designed for use with the Southeastern Education Laboratory/Project Language curriculum guides, Level Two, Lessons 1-32. In the workbook, the pupil is directed to respond to photographs or sketches in ways which indicate his understanding of himself and of his home and family. The major emphasis of the SEL/Project…

Reviews some of the research on the effectiveness of direct versus incidental instruction of beginning reading. (MKM)