Table of Contents:
  • The importance of early literacy instruction in kindergarten
  • Developmentally appropriate literacy instruction: A contradiction in terms?
  • What do kindergarten children need to know?
  • What does an exemplary kindergarten classroom look like?
  • Learning centers in the kindergarten classroom
  • Interactive storybook reading: Making the classroom read-aloud program a meaningful learning experience
  • Shared reading: Learning to read by reading
  • Independent reading by children
  • Writing for and with children: Models, shared, and interactive writing
  • Writing by children
  • Playing with language
  • Honoring diversity in the classroom.