Literate identities, reading identities, and writing identities describe the ways that a person
constructs the self as a reader, writer, and user of language. The study of literacy and …

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to understand early childhood
teachers' perceptions surrounding the topic of childhood scribbles as they relate to emergent …

The authors guide early childhood educators through steps for empowering the inner
authentic writer in young preschool children by maximizing illustrations. Preschoolers' …

Many children leave elementary school without either skills or enthusiasm for writing, which
may have negative impacts on their future academic achievement and lifelong learning. Due …

Novice elementary classroom teachers spend more time addressing off-task behaviors than
teaching in the classroom which affects teaching and learning. The problem to be addressed …

The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to understand early childhood
teachers' perceptions surrounding the topic of childhood scribbles as they relate to emergent …

The US is more racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse than ever before. The number of
culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) learners continues to increase in K-12 classrooms …

Structured fine motor lessons consisting of regulated fine motor materials and feedback is
documented in the literature as a strategy for strengthening fine motor skills (Hamilton & Liu …

Assessment of emerging literacy in young children is generally limited to either skill
development in children over 3 years of age or the quality and context of young children's …

In this chapter, the authors present findings from a subset of data from a larger study to
consider spelling development, as well as the development of one particular genre, the …