Young Researchers: Informational Reading and Writing in the Early and Primary Years

Informational kinds of reading are crucial in every lesson. This book looks at how we can encourage children from the very beginning to think of themselves as young researchers using skills and strategies for clear purposes. It argues that the creative practitioner nurtures children's sense of wonder and curiosity about the world and all its phenomena.

Packed full of advice on how to use the most stimulating and exciting texts and the liveliest approaches, the book celebrates the good practi...