Children's Reading and Spelling

Download or read book Children's Reading and Spelling written by Terezinha Nunes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book extends models of early literacy, analyzing how children’s reading and spelling skills develop throughout their school career. An account of how a child’s reading and spelling develop which goes beyond the early years Shows that there are radical changes in the way children read and spell as they get older Describes a new theory about the learning that goes on in the later stages of reading and spelling Makes clear the educational implications of this theory The authors' research has previously contributed to the 'literacy hour' – a government initiative to improve the teaching of literacy skills in UK schools