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| Preface | |
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| The Gift of Learning | |
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| Young Children and the Language Arts | |
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| How Do Young Children Learn? | |
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| Who Are "Young" Children? | |
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| What Do Young Children Do? | |
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| Young Children With Unique Needs | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Miracle of Language | |
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| Introduction | |
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| How Do Young Children Learn to Comprehend and Speak a Language? | |
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| How Do Children Learn Another Language? | |
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| In What Order Do Children Acquire Their First Language? | |
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| In What Order Do Children Learn an Additional Language? | |
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| Language Development for Children with Unique Needs | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Building upon the Miracle of Language | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Infants: Establishing Listening and Speaking Development | |
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| Toddlers: Encouraging Listening and Speaking Development | |
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| Preschoolers: Extending Listening and Speaking Development | |
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| Kindergarten: Solidifying Listening and Speaking Development | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Wonder of Reading: Early Reading Development | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Emergent Reading | |
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| Influences on Emergent Reading | |
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| Establishing an Emergent Reading Environment | |
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| Emergent Reading Development of Children with Unique Needs | |
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| A Developmentally Appropriate Emergent Reading Environment | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Building upon the Wonder of Reading | |
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| Becoming "Ready to Read": How Does It All Begin? | |
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| Frameworks for the Teaching of Reading | |
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| Instructional Approaches and Materials | |
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| An Intervention Strategy: Reading Recovery | |
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| Determining What Is Working: Assessing Children's Reading | |
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| Young Readers with Unique Needs: Delayed Language as the Culprit | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The Magic of Writing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Emergent Writing | |
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| Influences on Emergent Writing: Children with Unique Needs | |
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| Establishing an Emergent Writing Environment | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Building upon the Magic of Writing | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Formal Writing | |
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| Development of Formal Writing | |
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| The Teaching of Writing | |
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| The Teaching of Handwriting | |
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| Assessing Young Writers' Work | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Putting It All Together: Curricula, Setting, Assessment | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Putting It All Together: The Curriculum | |
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| Putting It All Together: The Setting | |
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| Putting It All Together: The Assessment | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Appendices | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |