Archive for March, 2011

Maharashtra Dyslexia Association

Offering resources and services for dyslexia. More: continued here

Book Review: Wright, Susan. Understanding creativity in early childhood. London: SAGE Publications; 2010, 178 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84787-525-9

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Book Review: Wright, Susan. Understanding creativity in early childhood. London: SAGE Publications; 2010, 178 pp. ISBN: 978-1-84787-525-9

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Book Review: Pauline Harris, Language Learning in the Baby and Toddler Years, David Barlow Publishing: Terrigal, NSW, 2009; 197 pp.: 9781921333101, AU$49.50 (pbk)

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Book Review: Pauline Harris, Language Learning in the Baby and Toddler Years, David Barlow Publishing: Terrigal, NSW, 2009; 197 pp.: 9781921333101, AU$49.50 (pbk)

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Mindbrain and play-literacy connections

Research on the relationship between play and early literacy flourished in the 1990s but slowed to a trickle at the start of the new millennium. As we see it, play—literacy research is stuck in a theoretical and methodological rut. Two promising conceptual frameworks — connectionist and dynamic systems theories — can supply the thrust needed [...]

Mindbrain and play-literacy connections

Research on the relationship between play and early literacy flourished in the 1990s but slowed to a trickle at the start of the new millennium. As we see it, play—literacy research is stuck in a theoretical and methodological rut. Two promising conceptual frameworks — connectionist and dynamic systems theories — can supply the thrust needed [...]

Beginning again: The impact of international adoption on the English language development of a preschooler

This case study investigates the English language development of a female preschooler who was adopted from China at age three years seven months and was four years 11 months at the time of assessment. Her language in a variety of contexts and her development with regard to typical monolingual preschoolers is discussed. Language samples, surveys, [...]

Beginning again: The impact of international adoption on the English language development of a preschooler

This case study investigates the English language development of a female preschooler who was adopted from China at age three years seven months and was four years 11 months at the time of assessment. Her language in a variety of contexts and her development with regard to typical monolingual preschoolers is discussed. Language samples, surveys, [...]

Social and emotional components of book reading between caregivers and their toddlers in a high-risk sample

In this collective case study of caregiver behaviors with their toddlers, two-minute videotaped reading interactions were analyzed using a constant comparative method. Twenty-four caregiver—toddler dyads from a high-risk sample of children prenatally exposed to cocaine were selected from a larger sample because they represented the extremes of expressive language scores on the Reynell Expressive Language [...]