Includes bibliographical references (pages 124-130) and index.
Contents:
1. The emergence of literacy -- 2. Towards reading: what children come to know -- 3. Towards writing: what children come to know -- 4. The role of parents in literacy development -- 5. Family literacy -- 6. Sharing books in the pre-school: what children learn -- 7. Parents as partners: setting up a literacy project -- 8. Observing and recording early literacy development -- 9. Provision for literacy in the pre-school -- 10. The supporting adult -- 11. Continuity between home and pre-school.
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