1st Edition

Learning From Children Who Read at an Early Age

By Diana Hughes, Rhona Stainthorp Copyright 1999

    Learning From Children Who Read at an Early Age is the result of a three-year research project in which the authors studied a group of children who learnt to read without being taught, from before they started school until the end of Year 2 when they were given their first National Curriculum assessments.
    Using this study as a framework for examining how children make progress over their time in Key Stage 1 across a range of literacy skills, the authors suggest guidelines which teachers can use to help all children progress with reading.

    1. In the Beginning Reading and Writing 2. The Project 3. The Children 4. Reading 5. Writing 6. Teacher Interviews 7. Interviews with Parents 8. Child Interviews 9. Learning from Successful Readers

    Biography

    Rhona Stainthorp is at the Child Development and Learning Group at the Institute of Education., Diana Hughes is in the Psychology Department at Royal Holloway College.

    '... this book is ... a useful confirmation of the current position on early literacy acquisition and points the way to further research to establish the exact enabling mechanisms. - Lesley Nock, Improving Schools