… literacy practices in 79 early childhood services. This paper outlines characteristics of high
quality literacy programs … developing a stronger focus on literacy in early childhood programs. …

… programs for young children from low-income families can have long-term benefits, although
studies of early childhood programs … quality or developmental appropriateness of programs …

… In order to explore factors that might help early childhood staff provide environments that
are more supportive of early literacy, features of the five highest ranking classrooms were …

… The goal in writing this paper is to move the debates about high-quality early childhood
programs beyond the boundaries where they have rested for years in order to trigger discussions …

… required to implement the early literacy programs included in this study depended almost
entirely on the willingness and patience of the relevant program evaluators, developers, and …

… Reading Association. Dr. Bus is the author of a Dutch monograph about emergent literacy
and … Her current research interests focus on early childhood prevention programs and flexible, …

… of a high-quality early childhood education program worldwide? An group of experienced
early childhood … six dimensions of quality set forth by the Association for Childhood Education …

… This analysis revealed that courses typically limited themselves to overall language
development and to children's literature, but did not include significant content and teaching …

… high-quality early childhood education programs as indicated by research and professional
standards. These include: (1) Early … and contribute to instructional and program planning; (3) …

… the emergent literacy perspective and its implications for children's initial reading instruction.
… an overview of the research on emergent literacy and what it means for beginning reading …