Connecting Through Talk: Nurturing Children's Development With Language - Softcover

David K. Dickinson (author) & Ann B. Morse (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1681252317 ISBN 13: 9781681252315

Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

How do responsive adult-child interactions influence early language development? How do a child's language skills develop in tandem with social-emotional development, executive function, and literacy? What are effective ways to help parents support their child's development? Uncover the answers to these questions in this fascinating book, which draws on current research to examine connections between language, social-emotional, and literacy development and profiles effective programs that support this development. You'll begin with a research-based examination of critical topics such as: *How the brain develops in the first years of life *Why parent-child attachment is fundamental to early development *What responsive and language-rich parent-child exchanges look like *How children learn the building blocks of language and literacy *Which guiding principles professionals should follow for effective intervention *Which economic arguments support early development Building on this foundational knowledge, the book gives you snapshots of more than a dozen programs that support language and literacy development by coaching parents and providing books for young children. You'll learn how these programs promote responsive adult-child interactions and expand children's access to books, and you'll get brief summaries of the research that demonstrates the success of each program. Essential reading for researchers, administrators, and educators, this synthesis of science and practical guidance will help you foster foundational language skills and nurture the healthy development of every young child.

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Review

"Bravo! At last a book that captures the range of factors that contributes to early literacy! Passionate about helping children learn to read from the inception of their careers, these authors understand the crucial role that language development plays. This delightful and highly readable book dotted with illustrative anecdotes has captured important findings on emerging literacy and the programs that help it flourish. It is a great read for parents, practitioners, and inquisitive minds who want to understand the science of reading." --Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D.

About the Author

After 5 years of experience teaching in elementary schools in the Philadelphia area, David K. Dickinson, Ed.D., attended the Harvard Graduate School of Education and then served as Director of Teacher Education at the Child Study Department at Tufts University and joined the Education Department at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, where he received tenure. He moved to the Education Development Center (EDC) in 1994 to join the team that developed the Early Childhood Generalist certificate for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. In 1995 he established the New England Research Center on Head Start Quality, which examined the impact of Head Start on children's language and literacy development and on families, with special attention to the development of children whose first language is Spanish. He and Catherine Snow received the initial funding that launched the Home-School Study of Language and Literacy Development in 1987, and he directed the school portion of the study during the preschool years. Drawing on early results from this study, he and colleagues at EDC developed the Literacy Environment Enrichment Project, an approach to helping preschool teachers and their supervisors adopt more effective practices to support children's language and literacy. He and others at EDC are developing and researching a version of this program that will be delivered using the Internet in combination with interactive television. His work has been published in numerous articles, and he has edited two other books, Bridges to Literacy: Children, Families and Schools (Blackwell, 1994) and Handbook of Early Literacy Research (co-edited with Susan Neuman, Guilford Press, 2001). He and Miriam W. Smith are co-authors (with Angela Sangeorge & Louisa Anastasopoulos) of the Early Language and Literacy Classroom Observation Toolkit, Research Edition (Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2002), a set of tools for evaluating the quality of literacy support in early childhood classrooms.

Edition details

• Publisher: Brookes Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1681252317
• ISBN 13: 9781681252315
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256