It is important for parents and teachers to recognize the beginning steps of literacy, and to know how to encourage and nurture those steps so that all children become successful readers. Specific strategies that encourage language, both written and verbal, can be put into place to help all students achieve their potential in literacy levels.

This Emergent Literacy: Reading Success for All Children addresses the meaning of emergent literacy, and the developmental steps children progress through to achieve success in reading. You get strategies for use at home and in the classroom. Plus, you learn how to work with children who are just beginning to read as well as those who are older and who are struggling with literacy.

Chapters include:

1. Defining Emergent Literacy and the Developmental Steps of Language Acquisition
2. Practical Activities That Impact Literacy Before Children Enter School
3. Classroom Strategies for Pre-K through K
4. Instructional Strategies for the Older Child