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Thinking about literacy : young children and their language / Fred Sedgwick.
Van Pelt Library LB1139.L3 S34 1999
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sedgwick, Fred.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Children--Language.
- Children.
- Language acquisition.
- Children--Books and reading.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 174 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Routledge, 1999.
- Summary:
- "Thinking About Literacy" discusses the literacy of children in the infant years. The author takes the view that the child is an active learner when he/she arrives in school, and that it is the school's job to build on what the child already knows. The book addresses issues such as spelling, writing, and children talking and writing about moral matters.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 168-170) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0415168651
- OCLC:
- 39216087
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