Understanding Children's Worlds

Beyond the First Steps

Contributors: Nunes, Terezinha; Bryant, Peter

This book extends models of early literacy, analyzing how children’s reading and spelling skills develop throughout their school career.

• An account of how a child’s reading and spelling develop which goes beyond the early years
• Shows that there are radical changes in the way children read and spell as they get older
• Describes a new theory about the learning that goes on in the later stages of reading and spelling
• Makes clear the educational implications of this theory
• The authors' research has previously contributed to the 'literacy hour' – a government initiative to improve the teaching of literacy skills in UK schools

Book Details

• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2009-02-09
• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN-13: 9780631234029
• Pages: 320