ED450972 PS029326
Title:
Beginning Literacy with Language: Young Children Learning at Home
and School.
Author(s):: Dickinson, David K., Ed.; Tabors, Patton O., Ed.
Pages: 409
Publication Date: 2001
Notes: Foreword by Sue Bredekamp.
ISBN: 1-55766-479-X
Available from: Document Not Available from EDRS.
Availability: Brookes Publishing, P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore,
MD 21285-0624 ($29.95). Tel: 800-638-3775 (Toll Free); Fax: 410-337-8539;
Web site: http://www.brookespublishing.com.
Language: English
Document Type: Book (010); Collected works--General (020)
Geographic Source: U.S.; Maryland
Journal Announcement: RIEAUG2001
Based on findings
of the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development, this
book examines the relationship between early parent-child and teacher-child
interactions and children's kindergarten language and literacy skills.
Participating in the study were more than 70 young children from
diverse backgrounds whose home and school environments were studied
when the children were ages 3, 4, and 5. The book is presented in
three sections, each prefaced with introductory information: supporting
language and literacy development in the home, supporting language
and literacy development in the preschool classroom, and bringing
homes and school together. The chapters are: (1) "Language
Development in the Preschool Years" (Catherine E. Snow, Patton
O. Tabors, and David K. Dickinson); (2) "Parents and Children
Reading Books Together" (Jeanne M. DeTemple); (3) "Playing
at Home: The Talk of Pretend Play" (Jane R. Katz); (4) "Eating
and Reading: Links between Family Conversations with Preschoolers
and Later Language and Literacy" (Diane E. Beals); (5) "'You
Know What Oxygen Is?': Learning New Words at Home" (Patton
O. Tabors, Diane E. Beals, and Zehava O. Weizman); (6) "Home
Language and Literacy Environment: Final Results" (Patton O.
Tabors, Kevin A. Roach, and Catherine E. Snow); (7) "Children's
Experiences in Preschool" (Miriam W. Smith); (8) "Book
Reading in Preschool Classrooms: Is Recommended Practice Common?"
(David K. Dickinson); (9) "Language Opportunities during Mealtimes
in Preschool Classrooms" (Linda R. Cote); (10) "Large-Group
and Free-Play Times: Conversational Settings Supporting Language
and Literacy Development" (David K. Dickinson); (11) "Putting
the Pieces Together: Impact of Preschool on Children's Language
and Literacy Development in Kindergarten" (David K. Dickinson);
(12) "Parent Involvement as a Link between Home and School"
(Michelle V. Porche); and (13) "Homes and Schools Together:
Supporting Language and Literacy Development" (Patton O. Tabors,
Catherine E. Snow, David K. Dickinson). Appended is information
on measures
used in the study and descriptive statistics. (Contains 167 references.)
(KB)
Descriptors: Early Childhood Education; *Emergent Literacy;
Family Environment; Family School Relationship; Kindergarten; *Language
Acquisition; Longitudinal Studies; *Parent Child Relationship; Parent
Influence; Parent School Relationship; Parents as Teachers; Teacher
Influence; *Teacher Student Relationship; *Vocabulary Development;
*Young Children
