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Scaffolding Compositions by Valuing Illustrations in Preschool
Author(s) -
Trujillo Andrea R.,
Emerson Andrea M.
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
the reading teacher
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.642
H-Index - 50
eISSN - 1936-2714
pISSN - 0034-0561
DOI - 10.1002/trtr.1970
Subject(s) - psychology , early childhood , value (mathematics) , pedagogy , early childhood education , preschool education , scaffold , focus (optics) , mathematics education , developmental psychology , computer science , physics , machine learning , optics , database
The authors guide early childhood educators through steps for empowering the inner authentic writer in young preschool children by maximizing illustrations. Preschoolers’ emergent writing experiences should be authentic and support positive writing identities as their skills develop. The authors explain how to model flexible and authentic processes through practical strategies to engage children in compositional writing through a focus on illustrations. Four steps will help harness children’s illustrations as a launch pad to encourage emergent writing, scaffold drawing and illustrations through questions, model authenticity, and value making and sharing young children’s picture books in preschool.