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Writing and Young Children
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" 'Emergent literacy' refers to the first signs of abilities and
knowledge with
regard to written language, the period between birth and
the time when children
conventionally read and write." --Sulzby &
Teale, 1991
What We Know | Activities
| Special Needs
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What We Know
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Age Level:
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| The
Beginnings of Literacy |
0-3 years |
| Learning about Writing |
0-5 years |
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Teaching Our Youngest |
0-6 years |
| Vege-Garden:
Stages of Written Language Development |
0-8 years |
| * Overview
of Learning To Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate Practices
for Young Children |
0-8 years |
| Emergent
Literacy: What Young Children Can Learn about Reading and Writing Before
They Go to School |
2-6 years |
| * We Have a Story to Tell: the Pocatello Head Start Journal
Writing |
3-5 years |
| The
Role of Writing in Emergent Literacy |
3-6 years |
| * Getting
Ready to Read and Write in Child Care |
3-6 years |
| * Emergent
Writing: Developing Emergent Writing Skills in the Early Childhood Classroom |
3-6 years |
| Literacy-Rich Environments |
3-8 years |
| Learning
to Read and Write: A Place to Start |
3-8 years |
| Making
the Drawing/Literacy Connection |
3-10 years |
| Even
the Littlest Kid Can Keep a Real Diary, Even for Just a Day |
3-10 years |
| Children's
Development of Emergent Writing |
4-6 years |
| Making Friends with Phonemes |
4-7 years |
| Understanding
Beginning Writing |
4-8 years |
| * Writing
Development of Young Children |
4-8 years |
| Supporting
Early Literacy Skills with KidDesk |
4-10 years |
| * Ways
Technology Supports Early Literacy |
4-12 years |
| * Computers, Kids and Crayons: A Comparative Study of Emergent
Writing Behaviors |
5-6 years |
| Invented Spelling and Spelling Development |
5-7 years |
| Spelling: Watch and Learn |
5-8 years |
| * Making Writing Instruction Work |
5-8 years |
| * Navigating the Writing Process: Strategies for Young Children |
5-8 years |
| Differentiated Instruction for Writing |
5-10 years |
| * Computer-Assisted
Instruction and Writing |
5-10 years |
| * Ten
Pointers on Evaluating a Young Child’s Writing |
5-10 years |
| * The
Writing Process (analysis of student writing) |
5-12 years |
| * Read, Write, Think Lesson Plan Index |
5-18 years |
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The
Commonwealth of Knowledge, Undergoing a New Design |
5-18 years |
| * Sample
video of Early Reading and Writing Instruction |
6-8 years |
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| Activities |
Age Level: |
| Activities for Reading and Writing Fun: Birth to Preschool |
0-3 years |
| * Activities
for reading and writing fun |
0-5 years |
| Write
and Talk Too |
0-8 years |
| * Beginning Reading Instruction: Practical Ideas for Parents |
0-7 years |
| Written Language: Practical Ideas for Parents |
3-7 years |
| Making
the Drawing/Literacy Connection |
3-7 years |
| Activities for Reading and Writing Fun: Preschool- 2nd grade |
3-8 years |
| Writing Leads to Reading |
3-8 years |
| * Readquarium |
3-8 years |
| Writing
Materials for Children |
3-8 years |
| Let's
Write! |
3-8 years |
| Making
the Most Out of Junk Mail |
3-8 years |
| Art
and Writing |
3-8 years |
| Tips for Parents to Encourage Writing |
3-9 years |
| Using
Software to Support Children’s Writing |
4-8 years |
| * Bembo’s
ABC Zoo |
5-8 years |
| A
Handbook of Effective Instruction in Literacy |
5-10 years |
| * Literacy
Activities and Lesson Ideas |
5-10 years |
| Read, Write, Think: Lesson Plan Index |
5-13 years |
| Comic Creator |
5-13 years |
| Writing and Spelling: Practical Ideas for Parents |
6-9 years |
| * Online
Songs for Learning to Spell |
6-10 years
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| * 1000 Writing Prompts |
6-13 years |
| Activities for Reading and Writing Fun: Grades Three through
Six |
8-12 years |
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| Special
Needs |
Age Level: |
| Emergent
Literacy: What Young Children Can Learn Before they Go to School |
0-5 years |
| * Literacy
Resources for Special Needs |
0-14 years |
| Children with Disabilities thrive in Literacy-Rich Environments |
2-6 years |
| Literacy
Activities for Children with Special Needs |
3-5 years |
| Becoming
Bilingual: Facilitating English Literacy Development Using ASL in PreSchool
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3-6 years |
| Research-Supported Assessment-Intervention Links for Reading
and Writing |
3-12 years |
| Tutorials
for Assistive Technology Reading and Writing Products |
3-18 years |
| Children’s
Writing in ESL |
5-8 years |
| Shared
Reading and Writing, Directing the Tour Through Text |
5-8 years |
| * Integrated
Writing Instruction |
5-10 years |
| * Should
ESL Student Learn to Write in English? |
5-12 years |
| Accessing
Skills Toward Successful Writing Development |
5-15 years |
| Students
with Learning Disabilities and Writing |
5-18 years |
| Prevention
and Intervention of Writing Difficulties for Students with Learning Disabilities |
6-9 years |
| * Misunderstood
Minds: The Basics of Writing |
6-12 years |
| Spelling and Writing Ideas for Students with Special Needs |
7-13 years |
| Helping
Students Who Struggle to Write |
7 years & up |
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