Beginning Readers: Resources

Here is a sample of recently published articles on beginning literacy. 

The Reading Teacher

• “Using Scaffolding to Teach Phonemic Awareness in Preschool and Kindergarten”
• “Building Preschool Children's Language and Literacy One Storybook at a Time”
• “Word Study Instruction in the K–2 Classroom”
• “Print Referencing During Read-Alouds”

Reading Research Quarterly

• “Talk During Book Sharing Between Parents and Preschool Children”
• “Social Contracts for Writing: Negotiating Shared Understandings About Text in the Preschool Years”
• “Damsels in Discourse: Girls Consuming and Producing Identity Texts Through Disney Princess Play”
• “The Dimensionality of Phonological Abilities in Greek”

Click a title to find a detailed description and to browse contents and sample chapters of these recent releases. Use Publications Search to find more.

• Creating Strategic Readers, by Valerie Ellery
• Guided Comprehension in the Primary Grades, by Maureen McLaughlin
• Speaking and Listening for Preschool Through Third Grade, by Lauren B. Resnick and Catherine E. Snow
• Small-Group Reading Instruction, by Beverly Tyner
• Building a Foundation for Preschool Literacy, by Carol Vukelich and James Christie (part of the Preschool Literacy Collection)
• Learning About Print in Preschool, by Dorothy S. Strickland and Judith A. Schickedanz (part of the Preschool Literacy Collection)
• Developing Essential Literacy Skills, by Robin Cohen

• Small-Group Reading Instruction: DVD Training Series for Beginning Readers
• Creating Strategic Readers

• Getting Your Child Ready to Read
• Supporting Your Beginning Reader
• Writing Activities for Young Readers