Purpose The purpose of this article is to advance practitioners' knowledge base of best
practices in phonological awareness intervention to facilitate the implementation of evidence …

This study examined code-related and oral language precursors to reading in a longitudinal
study of 626 children from preschool through 4th grade. Code-related precursors, including …

The authors examined the development of oral language and decoding skills from preschool
to early elementary school and their relation to beginning reading comprehension using a …

A language and literacy intervention was implemented in 10 Head Start classrooms.
Teachers were trained in specific book reading and conversation strategies. The focus of the …

This article describes 2 points of view about the relationship between oral-language and
literacy skills: The phonological sensitivity approach posits that vocabulary provides the …

This study investigated relationships between preschoolers' oral discourse and their later
skill at reading and writing. Thirty-two children participated in narrative and expository oral …

In the final three decades of the 20th century one of the exciting developments in the field of
educational research was the emergence of theoretically grounded empirical research into …

In the past decade in the United States, pre-kindergarten programs for four year olds have
expanded rapidly as a potentially powerful intervention intended to promote school …

This study examined the structure of oral language and reading and their relation to
comprehension from a latent variable modeling perspective in Kindergarten, Grade 1, and …

Research Findings: Recent evidence suggests that children benefit from pre-K programs in
terms of both academic and social skills and that this growth is predicted by the quality of the …