Connecting through talk : nurturing children's development with language

Connecting through talk : nurturing children's development with language /

This book provides educators, parents, and policy makers with an in-depth exploration of language development in early childhood, describing how it is fueled by responsive caregiver-child interactions and intertwined with social-emotional development, executive function, and literacy. The first half...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Authors: Dickinson, David K. (Author), Morse, Ann B. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co., 2019
Subjects:
Language arts (Early childhood)
Children > Language.
Early childhood development.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • About the Downloads and Videos
  • About the Authors
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I: Research on Early Development, Language, and Literacy
  • Chapter 1. Laying the Foundations: Attachment and Executive Function
  • Chapter 2. The Brain and the Developing Child
  • Chapter 3. Joining the Community of Language Users
  • Chapter 4. Language Systems and Development
  • Chapter 5. Language Environments and Language Development
  • Chapter 6. Enlisting Science to Support Families
  • Part II: Programs Supporting Early Literacy
  • Parent Coaching Programs
  • Play and Learning Strategies
  • Video Interaction Project
  • Thirty Million Words Project
  • Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters
  • Save the Children
  • Book Giveaway Programs
  • Reach Out and Read
  • Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
  • Bookstart
  • Sifriyat Pijama and Maktabat al-Fanoos
  • Family Reading Partnership
  • Emerging Programs
  • Promising Emerging Programs
  • The Juniper Gardens Children's Project
  • Háblame Bebé
  • Providence Talks
  • Project beELL
  • Bridging the Word Gap National Research Network
  • Children's Learning Institute's Interventions to Support Preschool Teachers and Parents
  • The Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
  • Five Steps to Five
  • Part III: Putting It All Together
  • Chapter 7. The Economics of Providing Support in the Early Years
  • References
  • Index.

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