The early skills of Emergent Literacy include the knowledge and abilities related to the
alphabet, phonological awareness, symbolic representation, and communication. However …

Phonics continues to be one of the most controversial literacy instruction topics debated in
the USA, the UK, Australia and New Zealand. Given the importance placed on phonics in …

Storytelling is a practice that enables children to apply their literacy skills. This article shares
a collaborative literacy strategy devised to enable children to create multimodal stories …

Language-rich environments are key to overall quality in early childhood settings, including
frequent child—staff interactions around picture books and dramatic play. In a language-rich …

Parental pressure to include formalised school-type literacy lessons has been reported as a
factor influencing the types of phonics instruction young children encounter in the prior-to …

A sociocultural approach to emergent literacy and growing concerns over the de-emphasis
on literacy of the New Zealand early childhood education curriculum Te Whāriki call for …

The aim of the study is to investigate parents' perceptions on emergent literacy. More
specifically, the present study examined the perceptions of parents on emergent literacy and …

Learning to read and write sets children up for success in school and in life. The
development of these early skills is highly dependent upon children's home language and …

The following article aims to present, from children's perspectives, the value of literacy and
how they use it in their everyday lives. Through the use of ethnographic methodology …

Many scholars and researchers now have a broadened vision of literacy that encompasses
the social practices that surround literacy learning. What accompanies this vision is a shift …