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Live, love and learn : how young children learn to speak, read and write through everyday life with you / Laurie Lind Makin

Author
Makin, Laurie
Additional Titles
How young children learn to speak, read and write through everyday life with you
Published
Camberwell, Vic. : ACER Press, 2013.
Physical Description
viii, 136 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Literacy in a changing world -- Literacy in Australia -- The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) -- Supporting children's early literacy learning -- Some scenarios and issues in literacy learning -- The importance of conversations -- A framework for supporting children's literacy learning -- Key elements -- ch. 2 Babies, toddlers and literacy learning -- Did you know -- What's happening in the literacy learning of babies and toddlers? -- Listening -- Speaking -- Reading -- Writing -- Using technology -- Learning more than one language -- Baby talk -- Some milestones in the literacy learning of your baby or toddler -- Conversing with babies and toddlers -- Setting the stage at home -- Props and resources for baby and toddler literacy learning -- Providing screen-free time -- Setting the stage in out-of-home settings -- Summary -- ch. 3 Preschoolers -- Did you know -- What's happening in the literacy learning of preschoolers? -- Listening -- Speaking -- Reading -- Writing -- Using technology -- Learning more than one language -- Some milestones in the literacy learning of your preschooler -- Conversing with preschoolers -- Setting the stage at home -- Reading -- Getting ready for school -- Using technology -- Learning more than one language -- Setting the stage in out-of-home settings -- Summary -- ch. 4 Early schoolers -- Did you know -- What's happening in the literacy learning of early schoolers? -- Listening -- Speaking -- Reading -- Writing -- Using technology -- Learning more than one language -- The importance of play in literacy learning -- Some milestones in the literacy learning of your early schooler -- Conversing with early schoolers -- Discussing differences -- Setting the stage at home -- Setting the stage at school -- Assessment -- Help with reading -- Family involvement -- Using technology -- Summary.
Summary
LIVE, LOVE and LEARN --
In the first six years of life, children are learning to listen, speak, read, write and use technology. Much of this learning occurs informally, through everyday interactions between children, and between children and adults. In fact, it is almost impossible to overstate the role of family, especially parents and grandparents, in nurturing, supporting and influencing young children's language and literacy development. --
Live, Love and Learn provides an intriguing and highly accessible guide to how young children learn and how you can support their learning. Early childhood academic, mother and grandmother, Laurie Lind Makin, explains the principles of observation and engagement, how to follow and extend children's own interests and how to build their understanding, communication skills and self-confidence. --
Real-world scenarios, sample dialogue and practical activities all highlight the critical importance of the home environment in enhancing children's capacity to learn. This unique family resource is designed to: --
provide an overview of literacy learning in the infant and toddler years, the preschool years and the early school years --
identify key milestones and indicators for concern at each level --
discuss the vital impact of technology on young children's learning --
demonstrate how you can create opportunities for language and literacy learning to be integrated into everyday life without `hot housing' or pressuring children. --
Recognising the place of child care and early years schooling in young children's lives, suggestions are also provided for communication between families and early childhood staff and teachers, at specific intervals throughout the book. --
I don't know of any other hooks of this calibre that are written for parents and grandparents in such a respectful and accessible way. --
Associate Professor Andrea Nolan, PhD School of Education Victoria University --Book Jacket.
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ISBN
9781742861050 (pbk)
1742861059 (pbk)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136).
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