San Antonio College Library

For many years, Roger Brown and his colleagues have studied the developing language of pre-school children--the language that ultimately will permit them to understand themselves and the world around them. This longitudinal research project records the conversational performances of three children, studying both semantic and grammatical aspects of their language development. The five stages of linguistic development Brown establishes are measured...

"The present volume ties together one major phase of Vygotsky's work, and though its principal theme is the relation of thought and language, it is more deeply a presentation of a highly original and thoughtful theory of intellectual development. Vygotsky's conception of development is at the same time a theory of education. The book is, in many ways, more programmatic than systematic. It is at times distressingly swift in coming to conclusions that...

Follows development of a representative sample of children from their first words to the end of their elementary education.

"For helping kindergartners and first graders who need extra work on their literacy skills, this proven plan for teaching phonemic awareness and letter sound correspondence is a valuable resource. Researchers created this developmentally sequenced, 11-week program in order to give students repeated opportunities to practice and enhance their beginning reading and spelling abilities. Each of the 44 15-20 minute lessons features three activities: Say-It-and-Move-It,...