Hi all,I wanted to pass along this great resource that reviews 15 studies of interventions for early language and literacy. Happy reading!Ellen What Works for Early Language and Literacy Fact Sheet Child Trends recently reviewed findings from 15 random assignment experimental evaluations of literacy and language programs and published a new fact sheet summarizing what they learned. What Works for
Here’s another great resource that we’d like to share:Colorin Colorado is a free, web-based service that offers information, activities and advice for both families and educators. This educational site is focused on offering information for Spanish-speaking families as well as educators working with Spanish-speaking families. In the parent section, there are book recommendations organized by age, reading activities and advice
Thank you for all the interest and positive responses to our reading presentations. Here is a pdf. with a collection of reading acquisition models proposed by different researchers. Best,Scott Models of Reading Development
Here is a response that was given to a parent who was concerned about the languages that her child was being exposed to. Children are just as capable of becoming bi-literate as they are of becoming bilingual. Dual language learning does not confuse children. Will your child make mistakes in the process of learning to read in two languages? Yes.
Hello, At TSHA you mentioned in Bilingualism 101 that a university had conducted a study on literature based intervention and they had a list of the best storybooks. Could you please give me the information on this? Thank you very much. Here are the two links: Libros Recomendados en Español/Recommended Books in English about Latinos. (n.d.). Retrieved January 3, 2008
Here is a pretty neat list of reasons why literacy-based intervention is a great way to go when working with children with speech and language impairments. • Storybooks – provide structure for addressing goals – can be used with all ages and cultures – can be used to address goals across semantics, syntax, comprehension, pragmatics, and discourse. – can decrease
