Creative Ways to Teach Literacy
Ideas for Children aged 3 to 11
- Virginia Bower - Canterbury Christ Church University, UK
Covering the essential areas of practice, this book suggests ways to make your literacy teaching as creative and engaging as possible. Children get the most out of their learning when it is exciting, and this book offers great ideas for classroom practice, while making careful links to research.
Sections advise on teaching narrative, poetry and non-fiction, and each chapter contains case studies and ideas to try out in practice. The authors cover a broad range of topics, including:
- Exploring traditional tales
- Writing from experience
- Using playground games as a foundation for literacy
- Performing poetry
Written for teachers working with children aged 3-11 years, and specifically aimed at those with responsibility for literacy, this book gives you the opportunity to develop children's literacy in enjoyable and interesting ways.
Good range of practical teaching ideas supported by relevant research. Will be part of the recommended pre-course reading for the post-graduate and employment-based ITE course from this summer.
A useful resource for level 6 students and practitioners
very useful, good layout, easy to read suitable for undergraduates and post graduates
This is a useful introduction to teaching techniques for students.
An excellently written book, filled with practical ideas for the pre-service and in-service teacher. The language and activites presented in this book is accessible for teachers.
This book supports early literacy and illustatrates a range of methods to carry out for key stage 2 children.
