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- At A Loss For Words: How America Is Failing Our Children
- Book
- 2011
- Published by: Temple University Press
summary
Drawing on the latest research on development among toddlers and preschoolers, At a Loss for Words lays out the importance of getting parents, policy makers, and child care providers to recognize the role of early literacy skills in reducing the achievement gap that begins before three years of age. Readers are guided through home and classroom settings that promote language, contrasting them with the "merely mediocre" child care settings in which more and more young children spend increasing amounts of time. Too many of our young children are not receiving the level of input and practice that will enable them to acquire language skills—the key to success in school and life. Bardige explains how to build better community support systems for children, and better public education, in order to ensure that toddlers learn the power of language from their families and teachers.
Table of Contents
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- Foreword, by T. Berry Brazelton, M.D.
- pp. ix-xii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvii
- Part I: Every Child’s Birthright
- 1. Jack and Jill
- pp. 3-20
- 2. Prime Time for Language Learning
- pp. 21-31
- 3. Why Early Language Matters
- pp. 32-48
- 4. Supporting Early Language at Home
- pp. 49-58
- 6. You Don’t Speak My Language
- pp. 74-86
- Part II: The Quiet Crisis
- 8. A Perfect Storm
- pp. 101-114
- 9. Truth, Justice, and the American Way
- pp. 115-124
- Part III: Changing Course
- 11. Supporting Parents
- pp. 144-157
- 12. Improving Programs for Children
- pp. 158-169
- 13. Building Systems that Sustain Quality
- pp. 170-186
- 14. We CAN Get There from Here
- pp. 187-204
Additional Information
ISBN
9781592133949
Related ISBN(s)
9781592133925, 9781592133932
MARC Record
OCLC
703155995
Pages
272
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2005