Emotional Literacy at the Heart of the School Ethos
Ideal for teachers, psychologists and lecturers wishing to implement a practical, whole-school training program to help practitioners nurture children's emotional development. Many exercises included.
Reading Success for Struggling Adolescent Learners
Comprehensive, up to date, and highly practical, this volume discusses factors that affect struggling readers in grades 7-12 and provides research-based strategies for improving their reading and writing skills. Chapters from leading authorities examine why some adolescents have trouble achieving reading proficiency, describe schoolwide policies and programs that support literacy, and suggest age-appropriate classroom practices for promoting reading success.
Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts: Early Literacy, 9 edition
The primary audience is community college and university-level early childhood education majors, as well as early childhood vocational programs. Parents and professionals would also benefit from the book.
Kids get to take 2 magical visits to Blue's room in the 2 episodes featured on this Blue's CluesTM Blue Talks DVD. 2 bonus episodes are also included - "Blue's Big Mystery" and "Periwinkle Misses His Friend." All 4 episodes help promote skills in children including literacy, communication, empathy and emotion and more.
This classic work explores the vast differences between oral and literate cultures and offers a brilliantly lucid account of the intellectual, literary and social effects of writing, print and electronic technology.