language experience approach

Activities and worksheets in 11 areas.

A teacher and librarian's guide that assigns an animal or nature theme to each letter of the alphabet and provides several activities for children in grades PK-2 for each theme.

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.

Offers a fresh approach on teaching children to read and master basic language skills.

A teacher's guide of various materials and strategies to enrich elementary programs.