Overview

In their new collaboration, Celia Genishi and Anne Haas Dyson celebrate the genius of young children as they learn language and literacy in the diverse contexts that surround them. Despite burgeoning sociocultural diversity, many early childhood classrooms (pre-K to grade 2) offer a 'one-size-fits-all' curriculum, too often assessed by standardized tests. In contrast, the authors propose diversity as the new norm. They feature stories of children whose language learning is impossible to standardize, and they introduce teachers who do not follow scripts but observe, assess informally, respond to, and grow with their children. Among these children are rapid language learners and those who take their time to become speakers, readers, and writers at 'child speed.' All these learners, regardless of tempo, are often found within the language-rich contexts of play.

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I believe that all readers, teachers, researchers and policymakers alike, will find in this book an important resource on the multiple paths children take to make sense of a new language in the contemporary classroom. --Journal of Early Childhood Literacy

Children, Language and Literacy speaks to our collective resolve to work in increasingly more effective ways with children, families, and the next generation of teachers."" -- ""Mary Renck Jalongo, Editor, Early Childhood Education Journal"" ""I believe that all readers, teachers, researchers and policymakers alike, will find in this book an important resource on the multiple paths children take to make sense of a new language in the contemporary classroom."" -- ""Journal of Early Childhood Literacy""

Author Information

Celia Genishi is a professor of education and chair of the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Teachers College, Columbia University. Anne Haas Dyson is a professor of education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

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