Ladders to Literacy: A Preschool Activity Book

by Angela Notari-Syverson, Rollanda O'Connor Ph.D., Patricia Vadasy Ph.D.

Help the children in your preschool become successful early readers with this field-tested, activity-based curriculum, an effective way to supplement children's instruction without giving up current language arts programming. In this second edition, early childhood educators will get


well-defined links between the activities and Head Start Recommended Outcomes, so teachers can be sure they're giving children the best start in literacy
a scope-and-sequence chart that helps educators choose which activities to do each month
more than 60 creative, field-tested games, crafts, role plays, and other activities that improve children's basic preliteracy skills such as writing words, recognizing letter sounds, and breaking words into syllables and phonemes
fresh Tips for Teachers
The book also includes developmentally appropriate, ecologically valid assessment procedures, ideal for evaluating children's skills and ensuring that they're making progress. Start using Ladders to Literacy today, and you'll equip children with the emergent literacy skills they'll need to succeed in kindergarten and beyond.

520 pages, Spiral-bound

First published January 1, 1998

Reviews

[Jane · Rating 5 out of 5]

What couldn't be better than a book full of activities to promote literacy development in young children? Ladders to Literacy: A Preschool Activity Book is full of ideas that promote three sections emphasizing print awareness, metalinguistic, and oral language skills -- skills that strongly correlate to reading success. It is very useful to help plan both group and individual activities to meet the needs of the preschool children in a classroom setting.