Next Practices in Preparing Very Young Children for Literacy

Next Practices in Preparing Very Young Children for Literacy

Author: BAM Radio Network March 30, 2010 Duration: 9:18
It's a new world out there requiring some new skills as well as many of the tried and tested fundamentals for developing literacy. In this segment Patricia Edwards shares with us some of the "next practices" in preparing children for literacy.

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