Sunday, April 28, 2013

Are You Looking for a Great Start in the World of Early Literacy?

      I have recently been a student in the Early Literacy course and I have to admit that I just fell in love with the books we are assigned to be reading. With a humble experience in the little world; its creatures, curriculum, and classes, I feel that I am more confident to be doing the right job, especially after reading each and every assigned chapter. Grab a pencil and a paper. Here is your recipe for a juicy introduction and overall knowledge of what goes inside the walls of the kindergarten educational world, the first ingredient is the Language Development in Early Childhood by Beverly Otto (2010), which presents a fruitful and rich environment of theories, perspectives and strategies, this should be accompanied with the Creating Literacy book by Gunning (2005) that adds with its intriguing practical activities some salt to your teaching and guarantees an unforgettable taste to your students’ learning. You might be asking why I chose to talk about the books and why would I advertise you to purchase them. Well, it is true that I am not the owner of their publishing company, nor am I the relative of one of its writers, but I am a reader that after learning and benefiting much in a little time became fanatic. I really advice you to take the step and try to read at least one chapter of each book! Don’t lose the chance to experience the advantage of reading these two books; I am sure you won’t regret it. A final request, please notify me with your opinion as soon as you start reading throughout the chapters.