Early Childhood Experiences in Language Arts

Section 1: LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT: EMERGING LITERACY IN THE YOUNG CHILD.1. Beginnings of Communication.2. The Tasks of the Toddler.3. Preschool Years.Section 2: LANGUAGE AND LITERACY PROGRAMS: RECOGNIZING DIVERSE NEEDS AND GOALS.4. Understanding Differences.5. Achieving Language and Literacy Goals through Program Planning.6. Promoting Language and Literacy.7. Developing Listening Skills.Section 3: LITERATURE AND OTHER LANGUAGE ARTS AREAS.8. Children and Books.9. Storytelling.10. Poetry.Section 4: THE GROWTH OF SPEECH AND EXPRESSION.11. Language Growth through Flannel Boards, Puppetry, and Dramatization.12. Realizing Speaker Goals.13. Group Times.Section 5: WRITING AND READING: NATURAL COMPANIONS.14. Print-Early Knowledge and Emerging Interest.15. Reading and Preschoolers.Section 6: SCHOOL AND HOME: ENVIRONMENTS, FAMILY, AND PARTNERSHIPS.16. Developing a Literacy Environment.17. The Family-Center Partnership.Appendix.Glossary.References.Index.

Jeanne M. Machado's experience in the early childhood education field has included full-time assignment as a community college instructor and department chairperson, where she supervised early childhood education students at two on-campus laboratory child development centers at San Jose City College and Evergreen Valley College, as well as child centers in the local community. Her teaching responsibilities encompassed early childhood education, child development and parenting courses. Her experience also includes working as an elementary school teacher, preschool owner/director, work experience instructor/advisor, early childhood and family studies community college and university instructor, and education consultant in public, private and parent cooperative programs. A past president of California Community College Early Childhood Educators and the Peninsula Chapter of the California Association for the Education of Young Children, Machado is an active participant in several professional organizations concerned with the education and well-being of young children and their families. In addition to EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES IN LANGUAGE ARTS, she co-authored (with Dr. Helen Meyer-Botnarescue) STUDENT TEACHING: EARLY CHILDHOOD PRACTICUM GUIDE, 7th Edition (2011), and (with Romana Reynolds) EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN EDUCATION: HOW TO SECURE YOUR CAREER (2006). Machado received her master's degree from San Jose State University and her community college life credential with coursework from the University of California at Berkeley. Alison Zimbalist's experience in early childhood education has primarily focused on professional development, mentorship, school leadership and curriculum development. She is the former director of Early Childhood Services at the Macks Center for Jewish Education in Baltimore, where she oversaw the professional learning opportunities and provided licensing and best practices guidance for the city's 19 Jewish preschools. She led several