Before Words: Wordless Picture Books and the Development of Reading in Young Children Contributor(s): Lysaker, Judith T. (Author), Johnston, Peter (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0807759163 ISBN-13: 9780807759165 Publisher: Teachers College Press OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Education | Early Childhood (incl. Preschool & Kindergarten) - Education | Teaching Methods & Materials - General - Language Arts & Disciplines | Reading Skills |
Dewey: 371.335 |
LCCN: 2018038807 |
Series: Language and Literacy |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 6.1" W x 8.9" (0.50 lbs) 160 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: In this book, the author challenges reductive views of emergent literacy prevalent in many of today's kindergarten and pre-K classrooms. As an alternative, Lysaker explains how reading wordless books with young children helps them to develop a range of comprehension abilities that are important for understanding narrative texts. Readers will find concrete methods to help them gauge, document, and respond to children as they make meaning of and respond to wordless books. Through description and analysis, the text reveals the undervalued richness of young children's emergent comprehension and the intricate, purposeful nature of their specific early thinking activities. Before Words encourages readers to think about young children's comprehension as complex meaning-making and suggests new ways of responding to the unique sense-making tools young children use during wordless book reading. Book Features:
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