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Sing & Sign for Young Children: Supporting Emerging Language and Attachment with Singing, Songs, and Play

Join Anne Meeker Watson, Ph.D., MT-BC, author of the Baby Sing & Sign book series and Sing & Sign for Young Children, and creator of the SING.PLAY.LOVE. program, to learn about practical, easy-to-use strategies for incorporating music, singing, and play into the daily lives of young children and their caring adults. Read More

Teaching Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood Classrooms Webinar

What are some best practices for educators working with dual language learners in early childhood settings? Find out in this coffee chat, presented by the authors of the new book Teaching Dual Language Learners. Experts Lisa López and Mariela Páez will introduce their book and talk about two of the topics it covers: 1) teachers’ beliefs and 2) practices that can promote the literacy development of bilingual children. Read More

User’s Guide to the Early Language & Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO) Pre-K Tool Excerpt

Read this excerpt of User's Guide to the Early Language & Literacy Classroom Observation (ELLCO) Pre-K Tool to get an introduction to this language and literacy observation tool. Read More

The Capute Scales: Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale Excerpt

Read this excerpt from The Capute Scales: Cognitive Adaptive Test/Clinical Linguistic & Auditory Milestone Scale to get an inside look at Chapter 1: The Development of the Capute Scales. Read More

5 Essential Titles For Your Structured Literacy Bookshelf

At Brookes, we collaborate with the experts on literacy resources that support evidence-based reading instruction. To aid in your fall curriculum planning, we’ve compiled brief snapshots of five of our most essential titles on science-based reading instruction.

The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Helping Students Make Meaning from Text Excerpt

Read this excerpt from The Reading Comprehension Blueprint Helping Students Make Meaning from Text to get a preview of Chapter One. Read More

An Overview of Literacy Foundations for English Learners

View this slide deck for a comprehensive overview of Literacy Foundations for English Learners; A Comprehensive Guide to Evidence-Based Instruction. This slide deck outlines interior features of the book, describes the content and highlights online companion materials. Read More

11 Language Development Strategies for ELs

Promote second language acquisition and literacy skills for English learners (ELs) with these eleven effective strategies. Read More

Optimizing Shared Book Reading

As many parents are currently playing a bigger role in educating their children at home, reading with children is highly encouraged! This session will highlight how parents can optimize the learning accomplished during book reading and beyond. For example, a quick preview of books may help parents identify a few useful words that children do not know and a few questions to make children think. Read More

Using Small Group Games to Teach Vocabulary

Using games with children is an effective means to teaching vocabulary. In this coffee chat, learn how to make adaptations to familiar games to play them with small groups of children. Dr. Dickinson will describe and show a teacher using a version of bingo in a way that has been proven to be effective Read More