1st Edition

Word Aware 2 Teaching Vocabulary in the Early Years

By Stephen Parsons, Anna Branagan Copyright 2016
264 Pages
by Speechmark

264 Pages
by Speechmark

This is a highly practical, comprehensive resource designed to support Early Years practitioners in the provision of effective vocabulary development in preschool children of all abilities. It is based on the same theory as the existing 'Word Aware' resource (9780863889554) but is adapted for Early Years. This rigorously tried and tested approach is an outstanding resource that will be an... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Make Words Count: Developing a Word Enriched Environment Chapter 3 Direct Teaching of Vocabulary Chapter 4 Teaching Concepts Chapter 5 Fun with Words Chapter 6 Supporting Children with Higher Needs Chapter 7 Word Detective: Developing Word Learning Strategies Chapter 8 Involving Families Chapter 9 Visual Summary of Word Aware

Biography

Stephen Parsons, Speech Language Therapy Team Manager at City and Hackney Teaching PCT.

Anna Branagan, Clinical Lead Specialist Speech and Language Therapist at City and Hackney Teaching PCT.

"With the addition of online resources the user is able to adapt thetechniques and strategies to add new words. Ideal resource for EY foundation settings.." — SEND magazine, Sept 2016