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Related Titles:

Beginning Literacy with Language

Ladders to Literacy: Preschool Curriculum, Second Edition

School Readiness and the Transition to Kindergarten in the Era of Accountability

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Early Literacy in Action
The Language-Focused Curriculum for Preschool
By

Betty Bunce, Ph.D., CCC-SLP

Enhance young children's language skills with this proven play-focused preschool curriculum—drawn from more than 20 years of field testing and outcomes! This highly adaptable, flexible program is a practical and significantly expanded follow-up to the bestselling Building a Language Focused Curriculum for the Preschool Classroom.

Teachers will get a year's worth of lessons—40 weeks of curriculum plans, including weekly themes, dramatic play activities, art, suggested story and song selections, and group lesson plans laid out in a week-by-week format. Detailed information on themes, lesson plans, and teaching strategies allow this program to be effectively implemented by educators at any experience level.

With this proven curriculum—selected by ASHA for the Department of Education as a model program for Early Reading First —preschool staff will

implement speech and language intervention in the classroom
enhance the language skills of all children—including children with language impairments, children from low resource backgrounds, and English language learners
ensure quality preschool programming with both the Fidelity Checklist, which helps preschools replicate the program accurately, and the Learning Observation Guide for measuring progress
support cognitive, motor, and social skill development

Used in both public schools and university training programs, the activities have been field-tested with over 500 children.

Educators will have confidence knowing they are providing the best language and literacy programming for all children. And children will find it just plain fun —stimulating them to get excited about learning, and better preparing them for school entry.

ORDERING INFO
ISBN 978-1-55766-922-3
Layflat
approx. 608 pages
8½ x 11
March 2008
$54.95
Stock# 69223

Tentative Table of Contents

Section I:

Chapter 1: The General Philosophy of the Language-Focused Curriculum

Chapter 2: The Curriculum Structure for Naturalistic Learning

Chapter 3: Language Intervention in the Language-Focused Curriculum

Chapter 4: Training Preschool Educators to Use the Language-Focused Curriculum
Laura Justice, Alice Wiggins, & Khara Pence

Chapter 5: Outcomes

Section II:

Lesson Plans (Weeks 1–40)

Section III:

Appendix A: Blank monthly calendar guide, weekly planning guide, daily planning guide, activity plans for dramatic play, art, and group activities

Appendix B: Teacher Fidelity Checklist

References

Bibliography of Children's Books

Index