Beyond Early Literacy: A Balanced Approach to Developing the Whole Child

by Janet B Taylor, Nancy Amanda Branscombe, Jan Gunnels Burcham, and Lilli Land

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For early childhood classrooms – where curriculum is increasingly shaped by standards and teachers are pressed for time – Beyond Early Literacy offers a literacy method that goes beyond simply developing language arts skills. Known as Shared Journal, this process promotes young children’s learning across content areas – including their communication and language abilities, writing skills, sense of community, grasp of diverse social and cultural worlds, and understanding of history, counting, numeracy, and time. Pairing interactive talk with individual writing in the classroom community, this rich method develops the whole child.

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  • ISBN10 0415874432
  • ISBN13 9780415874434
  • Publish Date 19 July 2010 (first published 1 January 2010)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Imprint Routledge
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 176
  • Language English