This article is about how to develp fluent readers. You need to teach how to read and write very early on. In order to do this the right way, a teacher should use Eli. Eli stands for Early Literacy Initiative. In the program you teach the early childhood level skills to preschoolers. You teach them early on because they can improve thier skills are they grow older.

This article is about a study done on the effects of HeadsUp! Reading. It is a professional development literacy work shop series with and with out supplementary mentoring on early childhood educators. Children who live in poverty communites did this workshop for 15 weeks. There were pre- and post- assesments completed by the students. They were trying to measure if a student had a mentor, if they did better learning to read and write. Mentoring and HeadsUp are different.

This article talks about who influences and who teaches children how to read.Teaching kids to read is not a job for just one person. It takes a whole team of people to teach children how to read. The teams are made up of literacy coaches and classroom teachers. The classroom teachers tell the literacy coach what the student needs help with. The two work on a team together to teach children how to read and write.

This article is about what is okay for early childhood students to learn. It talks about what thier mental levels are understand and comprehend. It is set in a preschool classroom. It also talks about how a setting can affect the way a child learns. Literacy should be introduced in a playful way not a academic way.

This article is about trends in Kindergarten learning styles. It is based on a book called "Inventing Kindergarten". It is based on the ideas of a man named Frobel. It is said that the ideas of Frobel influenced modern art. The ideas of Frobel include using extrinistic bribes in order to get the most out of your students. The ideas of Forbel are seen in many different countries and are continuing to be seen more and more.

This article is about a woman named Barbara Thomas. She has her early childhood classroom set up to encourage literacy. She has a large book corner with a circle rug. She uses the The Environmental Literacy Scan which is a program that develops as an outgrowth of a survey of kindergarten teachers' beliefs and practices is designed to assess literacy opportunities. The scan is all about how a room is setup for learning.

This article is about what affects early childhood education. It is a study from Australia. It talks about all the different contexts that influence it. They have a theme of " strong and equal partnerships". The partnerships are stuided at two early childhood programs and one literacy program.

This article is about how parents influence thier childrens learning habits. Helping your children learn to read and write must start in the early years. Parents are a support team when thier child is learning to read. The way the parents read and write at home effects how the students read and write. Oral language is a foundation for literacy development.

This article is about how emergent literacy has improved early childhood literacy over the past several decades. Its main point is about a 5 step program. The 5 step program is the Clicker 5. the 5 steps in this program are Phonemic Awareness, Word Recognition, Concepts About Print, Alphabetic Principle, and Comprehension. These 5 things help jump start literacy in a early childhood classrom.

Whether it be leaping, resisting, or being gently shoved, the field of early childhood education continues moving into the age of accountability. Young children are expected to exhibit many requisite skills prior to kindergarten. Thus, the advancement of pre-reading and writing skills development become one of the many areas of focus for early childhood teachers. This study focused on the advancement of young children's emergent literacy and letter recognition skills through developmentally appropriate instruction and need based adapted activities using the Early Literacy and Learning Model (ELLM) curriculum. The results suggest that mindfully adapting activities to children's needs advances children's emergent literacy development.