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Looking After Literacy
A Whole Child Approach to Effective Literacy Interventions

First Edition


November 2017 | 232 pages | Learning Matters
This book is about supporting all children to overcome their individual challenges to literacy.  It is about considering the whole child when exploring options for interventions and accepting that many children have more than one need.  It examines the many factors that can contribute to literacy difficulties and highlights the importance of understanding the wider context when considering them.

The text draws on the latest research in education, psychology , neurology and sociology to illustrate how children's literacy development can be mapped against difficulties in other areas of their lives.  This is a ground-breaking and accessible book for all trainee and existing primary teachers working with young children who are experiencing difficulty with reading, written and spoken language.
 
The significance of phonics for ‘catching up’ with reading
 
Digital stories and becoming someone different
 
Me, myself, I: using drama to explore self in primary school
 
The reading and writing environment: literacy grounded in an ethic of care
 
Starting early – translating literacy into early years interventions
 
A world full of colours and sounds: using adjectives and adverbs in
 
The physicality of writing and speaking
 
Culture and literacy: storying capital and children’s lives
 
Communication and spoken word
 
Using multilingual narratives to explore loss and grief
 
The deliciousness of reading

This book is amazing!! It really capture the true essence of literacy following a child-led approach! I would like to thank the author for such great work!

Dr Evgenia Theodotou
CASS School of Education & Communities, University of East London
March 27, 2019

A very useful title for the current times especially when we have such a diversity of children in schools in the UK>

Mrs Kulwinder Maude
School of Education, Kingston University
January 23, 2018

This fascinating book explores a range of aspects of literacy across different areas of learning, exploring the building blocks of language, issues relating to emotional development and additional support needs, and also the importance of narrative for varied aspects of the curriculum. It is quite an eclectic collection of chapters. However, for any teacher interested in investigating how to increase the impact of their teaching using literacy strategies, it is invaluable. There are case studies to illustrate key points and activities to help readers contextualise what they are learning too.

Dr Louise Campbell
Moray House School of Education, Edinburgh University
December 4, 2017

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