Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8

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Noella M. Mackenzie (Charles Sturt University, Australia) Janet Scull (Monash University, Australia)

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8

Noella M. Mackenzie (Charles Sturt University, Australia), Janet Scull (Monash University, Australia)

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Routledge
14 December 2017

Pre-school & kindergarten; Primary & middle schools

As the world comes to grips with what it means to be literate in the twenty-first century, Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 provides practitioners with the skills and knowledge they need to support young children effectively as they learn to write. Interweaving theory and research with everyday practice, the book offers guidance on all aspects of writing, from creating multimodal texts and building children’s vocabulary, to providing support for children who find writing particularly challenging.

With appropriate strategies to develop young children’s writing from an early age included throughout, the book discusses the role of oral language in early writing in detail and explores the key relationships between ‘drawing and talking’, ‘drawing and writing’ and ‘drawing, talking and writing’. Each chapter also features samples of writing and drawing to illustrate key points, as well as reflective questions to help the reader apply ideas in their own settings. Further topics covered include:

progressions in children’s writing

writing in the pre-school years

developing authorial skills

developing editorial skills

teaching writing to EAL learners.

Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 is a unique resource that will help early childhood educators, early years school teachers, specialist practitioners working with very young children, and students enrolled in Early Childhood or Primary Studies courses to boost their confidence in teaching young learners as they become writers.

Edited by: Noella M. Mackenzie (Charles Sturt University Australia), Janet Scull (Monash University, Australia)
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 246mm, Width: 174mm,
Weight: 520g
ISBN: 9781138674448
ISBN 10: 1138674443
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 14 December 2017
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Noella M. Mackenzie is an experienced literacy educator and researcher. Noella's research, which is largely focused on the learning and teaching of writing, is informed by her ongoing work with classroom teachers and early childhood educators. Janet Scull is an experienced literacy educator. Janet's research explores language and literacy acquisition processes and practices that support the continuity of children's learning across early childhood settings and the early years of schooling.

Reviews for Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8

This is definitely going to be a book that I keep in my professional bookshelf for many years, and one that I will no doubt keep referring back to. Dr Brooke Scriven, classroom teacher and university academic, Australia