Chapter 8: Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum
Keywords:child language; children; learning centers; literacy; play centers; pretending; vocabulary
“Yeoweee!!!! Look at that! It went really really far,” Devon exclaims as Juan measures the distance the castle catapult threw a large puffer ball across the playground. Devon, Juan, and two other children grab their papers as they walk off the distance traveled by the ball. Emma's estimate is closest at 5 giant steps. They each record some variation of “Emma” and “5” on their papers. Juan runs off to ask his teacher if “5” is written differently in Spanish. Across the yard, in the sandbox, a group of children are using buckets to mold sandcastles and filling up their moats with water.
Inside, during learning center time, Juan's mother is in the cooking area helping children ...
Griffith, P. L., Beach, S. A., Ruan, J., & Dunn, L. (2008). Integrating literacy across the curriculum. In Literacy for young children: A guide for early childhood educators (pp. 145-162). Corwin Press, https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483329734.n8
Griffith, Priscilla L., Sara A. Beach, Jiening Ruan, and Loraine Dunn. "Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum." In Literacy for Young Children: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators, 145-62. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781483329734.n8.
Griffith, P. L., Beach, S. A., Ruan, J. and Dunn, L. 2008. Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum. In: 2008. Literacy for Young Children: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators, Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. pp. 145-162 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483329734.n8> [Accessed 9 Dec 2021].
Griffith, Priscilla L., et al. "Integrating Literacy across the Curriculum." Literacy for Young Children: A Guide for Early Childhood Educators. Thousand Oaks: Corwin Press, 2008, pp. 145-62. SAGE Knowledge. 9 Dec 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781483329734.n8.