McLachlan, Claire, <br/><br/>
Literacy in early childhood and primary education :  issues, challenges, solutions / 
Claire McLachlan [and others]. 
 - xvi, 332 pages :  illustrations ;  25 cm 
<br/><br/> Claire McLachlan is affiliated with Massey University, Palmerston North.  Tom Nicholson is affiliated with Massey University, Palmerston North.  Ruth Fielding-Barnsley is affiliated with University of Tasmania.  Louise Mercer is affiliated with Queensland University of Technology.  Sarah Ohi is affiliated with Deakin University, Victoria. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 303-326) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Literacy acquisition in the early years: past, present and future -- When should children start literacy learning? -- Family literacies and relationships with centres and schools -- Multiliteracies: growing the next generation of readers -- Diverse classrooms and learning in bilingual and multicultural/multilingual settings -- Effective practice and the role of teachers in supporting literacy -- 'Sound' foundations for learning literacy -- Uses of assessment before, during and after transition to school -- The first year of primary school: building on foundations -- Establishing a community of readers -- Uses of assessment in the primary school years -- Reading and writing in the primary school: focus on narrative writing -- Extendind reading and writing in the senior primary school: focus on factual writing -- Struggling readers: issues and solutions -- Conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1107671019 9781107671010 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2012493407 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Literacy<br/>Early childhood education.<br/>Language and languages--Study and teaching (Primary)
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>LC149  / .L4988 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>372.6044