Building Oral Language Skills in PreK-K: Dozens of Easy, Research-Based Ideas That Develop Children's Listening, Speaking, and Vocabulary Skills and Lay the Foundation for Reading Success

by Cindy Middendorf

Overview

Drawing on her 22 years of experience as a kindergarten teacher, Cindy Middendorf has compiled this amazing resource packed with research-based activities, lessons, and strategies to increase students’ oral language skills. She shares rhymes, chants, action stories, and songs that kids adore—and that hone phonemic awareness and build vocabulary. She demonstrates how to boost oral language use in centers, how to foster social skills through language, and how to encourage language development at home. Her differentiated approach and classroom-tested ideas will help every student in your classroom get ready to read!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780545395403
Publisher:	Scholastic, Inc.
Publication date:	11/01/2009
Sold by:	Scholastic, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

Cindy Middendorf pursued her passion for teaching kindergarten for 22 of her 30 years in the classroom. She currently works as a consultant and teacher trainer for Staff Development for Educators (SDE), and presents nationally on a wide range of early childhood topics from early literacy instruction to brain-friendly classroom management. Cindy has been a facilitator for Cornell University Cooperative Extension Parenting Skills workshops, a Growing Healthy® Kindergarten Master Teacher, and a DisneyHand® American Teacher Award nominee.