Connecting Developmentally Appropriate Practice and the Science of Reading - Literacy Development in Young Children

This book explores the intersection of the Science of Reading (SOR) and Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) and offers tangible strategies to include as educators build early literacy experiences for the young children they serve. SOR and DAP will be addressed in all chapters to highlight how educators can support language and literacy learning for children from birth to pre-K. Beginning with an overview of SOR and DAP, the book provides easy access to ideas that are important for supporting literacy learning in appropriate ways. Each chapter provides explicit information about how young children learn concepts best and what that will look like in practice for different ages across birth–PreK, with an emphasis on ages 2–5.