Literacy in the Early Years

1. Conceptualising Literacy in the Early Childhood Setting
Claire J. McLachlan, Alison W. Arrow

2. In Dialogue with Children: Exploring Children’s Views of Literacy Practices in Their Early Childhood Settings
Pauline Harris

3. Linguistic Diversity and Literacy Practices in Early Childhood Education in Norway
Gunhild Tomter Alstad, Lise Iversen Kulbrandstad

4. “You Guys Should Offer the Program more Often!”: Some Perspectives from Working Alongside Immigrant and Refugee Families in a Bilingual Family Literacy Program
Jim Anderson, Ann Anderson, Nicola Friedrich, Laura Teichert

5. Predicting Early Writing: The Role of Parental Writing Mediation and Children’s Private Talk During Writing
Dorit Aram, Lili Elad-Orbach, Shimrit Abiri

6. What Brings Children to Writing and Energises Their Early Writing Efforts?
Sue Lyle, Anna Bolt

7. Child Shyness and Reading Ability in Encounters with Difficult Words During Shared Book Reading
Mary Ann Evans, Kailey Pearl Ennis

8. The Hakalama: The ʻAha Pūnana Leo’s Syllabic Hawaiian Reading Program
William H. Wilson, Kauanoe Kamanā

9. How Effective Is Morphological Awareness Instruction on Early Literacy Skills?
George Manolitsis

10. Early Reading First as a Model for Improving Preschool Literacy Instruction and Outcomes
Barbara D. DeBaryshe, Kathleen Tran Gauci

11. Promoting the Predictors of Literacy in Early Childhood Settings: An Analysis of Two Studies in Low SES Settings
Claire J. McLachlan, Alison W. Arrow

12. Digital Technologies in the Literate Lives of Young Children
Brian Finch, Alison W. Arrow

13. Literacy, Technology and Early Years Education: Building Sustainable Practice
Karen McLean

14. The Future of Literacy Research in the Early Childhood Context
Alison W. Arrow, Claire J. McLachlan

Keywords: Education, Early Childhood Education, Literacy, International and Comparative Education