Children’s Literature and Storytelling in the Early Childhood Classroom

Catalog description

Designed for undergraduate candidates seeking licensure in early childhood education for children between the ages of 3 and 8 years. Treats the body of literature by genre, acquaints candidates with the great wealth of tradebooks available for young children, prepares candidates to utilize the literary and artistic criteria for selecting tradebooks and introduces strategies for integrating these tradebooks in the early childhood classroom. Candidates read, think, and talk about the literature of diversity. The history of the oral tradition will be explored through storytelling. The role of literature in the acquisition of literacy is developed.