Early Literacy Guides: Series

 Make a real difference in the lives of children in their early years. This outstanding series on teaching language and literacy supports exemplary practice built on rigorous theory and evidence. One of the keys to its success is contextualised teaching, which begins with whole texts that capture children’s interest and connects with their everyday lives. Work on letters and phonemes then follows naturally because the context makes these linguistic building blocks meaningful. Each book links theory to practice with examples and dynamic guidance on the practice of teaching. The starting point for Book 1 is that language is at the heart of literacy. It includes sessions illustrating good teaching practice, designed to act as a springboard rather than a rigid recipe for your own programme. Book 2 focuses specifically on reading and writing as related but distinctive processes. It offers well-grounded strategies for teaching each process based on a clear understanding of its particular characteristics.

Features – Each book in this series:

• Focuses on language and literacy pedagogy and links it explicitly with research and theory
• Contextualises literacy learning within whole texts that motivate young learners
• Describes environments and strategies that support the effective teaching of reading and writing
• Encourages you to combine these ideas with your own creativity in developing a programme in your own early years setting
• Is infused with examples of how the approach outlined in this series has worked in practice

The two books in this series are as follows:

• • The Early Literacy Guide – Book 1: Language and Literacy
    • Book 1 shows language is at the heart of literacy. It includes sessions illustrating good teaching practice, designed to act as a springboard rather than a rigid recipe for an educator’s own programme.
  • The Early Literacy Guide – Book 2: Reading ad Writing
    • Book 2 focusses on reading and writing as related but distinctive processes. It offers well-grounded strategies for teaching each process based on a clear understanding of its characteristics.