This volume presents the results of a two-year research project which examined the development and use of reading and writing by school-aged children. The studi

This book describes effective, engaging ways to build young children's print concepts and alphabetic knowledge, which are crucial for both reading and writing d

Recommends methods for teachers and parents to teach children to read, write, and spell and discusses literacy as a natural process of language acquisition.

Can't a child just pick up a pencil and start writing? No because a child lacks the necessary control for it. Writing is a skill than can be learned through pra