Oral Language and Early Literacy in Preschool: Talking, Reading, and Writing (Preschool Literacy Collection)

New features in the second edition include:

Expanded sections on daily instructional planning, using assessments, creating substantive conversation with compelling themes, and effective conversational strategies
New teaching protocols and instructional frameworks, as well as new techniques for shared book reading
A My ABCs appendix that serves as a one-stop shop for quickly locating information about assessments, recommended books, and curricular resources that you can use to improve your language and literacy program
A professional development section at the end of each chapter to extend your application of the best practices offered in this book

Use this book to guide your preschoolers in developing their oral language skills to become eager learners, ready readers, and budding writers.

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