Filmed in several lively preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this film reviews the underlying cognitive, social and physical requirements for all formal education and then presents the literacy specific understandings and skills that are being widely cited, but not always adequately described. With instructive visuals from exemplary classrooms, serious scholarship and clever graphics are combined to introduce students to the current vocabulary and concepts of the development of literacy. The film presents a balanced and integrated vision of how the precursors of literacy grow from appropriate experiences provided by thoughtful adults to the children in their care. Literacy specific understandings and skills are divided into two interdependent sets of competencies. With amusing animated graphics and footage of busy children in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this video illustrates and clarifies terminology like phonological awareness and sense of narrative. This film reviews the underlying cognitive, social and physical requirements for all formal education, and then presents the literacy specific understand and skills that are being widely cited, but not always adequately described. With Elena Bodrova, Ph.D. and Deborah Leong, Ph.D. (2000) 30 min. (This is a 4 min. sample clip from the film).Filmed in several lively preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this film reviews the underlying cognitive, social and physical requirements...all »Filmed in several lively preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this film reviews the underlying cognitive, social and physical requirements for all formal education and then presents the literacy specific understandings and skills that are being widely cited, but not always adequately described. With instructive visuals from exemplary classrooms, serious scholarship and clever graphics are combined to introduce students to the current vocabulary and concepts of the development of literacy. The film presents a balanced and integrated vision of how the precursors of literacy grow from appropriate experiences provided by thoughtful adults to the children in their care. Literacy specific understandings and skills are divided into two interdependent sets of competencies. With amusing animated graphics and footage of busy children in preschool and kindergarten classrooms, this video illustrates and clarifies terminology like phonological awareness and sense of narrative. This film reviews the underlying cognitive, social and physical requirements for all formal education, and then presents the literacy specific understand and skills that are being widely cited, but not always adequately described. With Elena Bodrova, Ph.D. and Deborah Leong, Ph.D. (2000) 30 min. (This is a 4 min. sample clip from the film).«
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