Live, love and learn : how young children learn to speak, read and write through everyday life with you / Laurie Lind Makin.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-136).

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Introduction -- Literacy in a changing world -- Literacy in Australia -- The Early Years Learning Framework for Australia (EYLF) -- Supporting children's early literacy learning -- Some scenarios and issues in literacy learning -- The importance of conversations -- A framework for supporting children's literacy learning -- Key elements -- ch. 2 Babies, toddlers and literacy learning -- Did you know -- What's happening in the literacy learning of babies and toddlers? -- Listening -- Speaking -- Reading -- Writing -- Using technology -- Learning more than one language -- Baby talk -- Some milestones in the literacy learning of your baby or toddler -- Conversing with babies and toddlers -- Setting the stage at home -- Props and resources for baby and toddler literacy learning -- Providing screen-free time -- Setting the stage in out-of-home settings -- Summary -- ch. 3 Preschoolers -- Did you know.

The aims of this book are to support families in their very important work in providing a framework that demonstrates how language and literacy learning can be integrated into everyday life without hot housing or pressuring children, but rather through following and extending their interests and abilities.

Tertiary/Undergraduate.

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