The Secret of Natural Readers: How Preschool Children Learn to Read

by Ada Anbar

Book Overview

It has been recognized since the 1980s that literacy begins to develop a long time before formal schooling begins. In today's literate environment, children start learning to read much as they learn to speak, through playful print interactions with their parents, older siblings, or other adults, beginning in year one. A sharp debate about the best approach to developing early childhood literacy is now brewing between reading instruction experts,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0275984249
• ISBN13: 9780275984243
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Praeger
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.6"