whole language

A book of stategies to use in teaching reading.

Explains and clarifies the meaning of the whole language approach.

Describes the read-and-retell teaching strategy for whole-language/natural literacy learning.

Intended for teachers using the whole language approach for teaching children to learn and a means of assessment for this process.

The author discusses her realization that students were not connecting the skills learned in isolation with real-life reading and writing, offers advice on making children's literature the heart of skills instruction, and presents lessons and extension activities.

The author, a whole language kindergarten teacher, outlines her beliefs about how children learn; offers discussions of whole language theory and application, especially in the area of language arts; and includes bibliographies, and an appendix in which teachers share their successful classroom strategies.

Suggests ways the whole language theory in education can be put into practice in classrooms.