ECE 4355 - Literature for Young Children

Credits: 3

This course provides teacher candidates with an in-depth exploration of children’s literature to enhance and extend learning and language through literature. An emphasis will be placed on developmentally appropriate procedures for facilitating young children’s explorations in reading and writing. Evaluating and selecting quality literature will be addressed. In the process, candidates will enlarge perspectives on quality and purpose of selection as well as enrich their awareness of issues regarding trade books, reading aloud, storytelling and responses of young children to literacy as a lifelong process.

Field Experience Requirements: Field Experience Requirements: Fifteen (15) hours.