Katrin Blamey

Teachers are hearing a buzz around the science of reading from school administrators, policymakers, and media outlets. This comprehensive and practical guide demystifies the Science of Reading for preschool classrooms, explaining how the approach can be easily incorporated into early childhood teachers’ daily reading instruction. The first Science of Reading resource tailored specifically to preschool contexts, the book explores evidence-based strategies to enhance reading and writing skills in a research-backed and developmentally appropriate way, focusing on practical applications including phonemic awareness and effective classroom routines. Teachers will be able to learn the benefits of each strategy for an intended audience, incorporate new instructional procedures into their daily routines, and utilize assessment data to differentiate instruction. Essential reading for both preservice and in-service teachers, this book provides actionable insights and real-world examples to help educators implement the Science of Reading in their preschool classrooms.

Teachers are hearing a buzz around the science of reading from school administrators, policymakers, and media outlets. This comprehensive and practical guide demystifies the Science of Reading for preschool classrooms, explaining how the approach can be easily incorporated into early childhood teachers’ daily reading instruction. The first Science of Reading resource tailored specifically to preschool contexts, the book explores evidence-based strategies to enhance reading and writing skills in a research-backed and developmentally appropriate way, focusing on practical applications including phonemic awareness and effective classroom routines. Teachers will be able to learn the benefits of each strategy for an intended audience, incorporate new instructional procedures into their daily routines, and utilize assessment data to differentiate instruction. Essential reading for both preservice and in-service teachers, this book provides actionable insights and real-world examples to help educators implement the Science of Reading in their preschool classrooms.

Starting Strong: Evidence-Based Early Literacy Practices shows teachers how to use four proven instructional approaches-;standards based, evidenced based, assessment based, and student based-;to improve their teaching practice in all areas of early literacy. Authors Katrin Blamey and Katherine Beauchat draw on their years of experience and early literacy expertise to guide you in figuring out what to teach and how to find the most instructionally sound method to teach it. They help you determine the instructional needs of your classroom and take full advantage of what you know about your students so you can engage them in learning. With chapters on oral language, vocabulary, phonological awareness, word recognition, comprehension, and writing skills, this comprehensive book explains each skill and provides research-based strategies for targeting each area. Supported by evidence-based research and aligned to key tenets of the Common Core, the book also includes classroom-tested activities and children's literature suggestions for each area of literacy. Starting Strong is an essential resource that any early literacy teacher or coach using a balanced literacy approach can use to build a solid foundation for their students.