Children's language

"The more teachers understand about how children learn to talk, the more they can help children become avid, joyful readers and writers. Drawing on a large body of research and her own volunteer work at a family shelter, Lindfors concisely identifies several important commonalities across oral and written language. Taking the compelling perspective that it's all language, she traces children's emergent literacy from infancy through the early school years. Incorporating abundant examples from a diverse range of children, Lindfors describes a set of principles that teachers can build on as they help young students learn to read and write using the oral language processes they already know."--BOOK JACKET.