Desirable literacies : approaches to language and literacy in the early years /
Contributor(s): Marsh, Jackie [editor.] | Hallet, Elaine [editor.].
Publisher: London : SAGE, 2008Edition: 2nd edition.Description: xvii, 266 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.Content type: text | text | still image Media type: unmediated | unmediated Carrier type: volume | volumeISBN: 1847872816; 9781847872814:; 9781847872814; 1847872824; 9781847872821.Subject(s): Literacy | Reading (Early childhood) | English language -- Study and teaching (Primary) | English language -- Study and teaching (Elementary)DDC classification: 372.6Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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ATU Sligo Yeats Library Main Lending Collection | 372.6 MAR (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0081558 |
Originally published: London: Paul Chapman, 1999.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction / Jackie Marsh and Elaine Hallet -- Learning to talk, talking to learn / Jim McDonagh and Sue McDonagh -- Living in two worlds : the language and literacy development of young bilinguals / Naomi Flynn -- White cars like mice with little legs : poetry in the early years / Liz Stone and Julia Gillen -- Signs and symbols : children's engagement with environmental print / Elaine Hallet -- Early reading development / Guy Merchant -- Developing writing in the early years / Ann Browne -- Multimodal literacies / Rosie Flewitt -- Looking with a different eye : creativity and literacy in the early years / Kate Pahl -- Play, drama and literacy in the early years / Julie Dunn -- ICT and literacy / Tim Waller -- Media literacy in the early years / Jackie Marsh -- Family literacy : past and present / Viv Bird -- Going fishing : observing, assessing and planning for literacy development in young children / Fran Paffard.
Recognizing that children have had a wide variety of language experiences before entering pre-school or nursery education, this book provides a framework for the planning and delivery of an early years language and literacy curriculum.