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ED420052 CS013223
Title: Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate
Practices for Young Children. A Joint Position Statement of the
International Reading Association and the National Association for
the Education of Young Children.Author Affiliation: National Association for the Education of Young Children, Washington, DC.(FGK56164)
Pages: 18
Publication Date: July 1998
Available from: EDRS Price MF01/PC01 Plus Postage.
Language: English
Document Type: Guides--Non-classroom (055); Opinion papers (120)
Geographic Source: U.S.; District of Columbia
Journal Announcement: RIENOV1998
Target Audience: Practitioners; Teachers
Providing guidance to teachers of young children in schools and
early childhood programs, this paper presents a position statement
that summarizes the current issues in learning to read and write and
reviews what is known from research on young children's literacy
development. This review of research (divided into sections birth
through preschool, kindergarten, and the primary grades) as well as
the collective wisdom and experience of members of the International
Reading Association and the National Association for the Education of
Young Children provides the basis for the position statement about
what constitutes developmentally appropriate practice in early
literacy over the period of birth through age eight. The paper
concludes with recommendations for teaching practices and policies.
(Contains 113 references and a continuum of children's development in
early reading and writing.) (RS)
Descriptors: Developmental Stages; *Early Childhood Education;
Kindergarten; *Literacy; Literature Reviews; *Reading Instruction;
Reading Research; Teaching Methods; *Writing Instruction; Writing
Research
