Learning Language and Loving It : A Guide to Promoting Children’s Social, Language, & Literacy Development in Early Childhood Settings

A bit pricey, but it's an invaluable source, both for teacher and for parents. I am often loaning this to the parents of my preschool class to borrow, and they all come back with the same comment....."wow! What a tremendous book, where can I order one for my own?"

Got it for my gf who needed it for a masters level class, it was not available on campus, but amazon came to the rescue.

I enjoyed the easy read of the book. It was simple and straight forward and that is what matters. The information is just what we need to keep new ideas flowing in the classroom. It's not always easy to find good textbooks geared toward that birth to five stage. Thanks

Great information!

About ten years ago I received a copy of Learning Languages and Loving It from a friend. As an early childhood educator, I have used it many times to add new activities and in planning lessons for the preschool children in my classes over the years. What I like about it is the wonderful pictures of children having fun, how it explains concepts and is written in a manner that parents and professional educators can find it enlightening when working with preschool children. I have loaned it to other teachers and parents of preschool children, who all found it helpful.

It's a pretty good book. It provides some pretty helpful tips but for the most part it seems like common knowledge type stuff. The product came in fast and for a WAY cheaper price than if i bought this at the book store.

I bought this as a parent with a 2 year old who is not yet talking. Although the book is intended for childcare professionals, as a full time mum I consider myself to be a childcare professional!! I have found the chapters on encouraging the early stages of communication really useful, and am hoping to find the later chapters on developing conversations with children useful once we have got past the first words stages. Its made me a lot more confident about how to help my child learn to talk, so definitely worth the money.

I found this book to be extremely thorough in describing methods for helping young children develop their language skills. Their method is actually quite simple and happens through the course of a regular day, and regular activities. I would highly recommend it to anyone who works with young children. It is written particularly for educators in daycare settings, but could be useful for lower elementary as well. I'm not entirely sure about older kids, but the methods seem suitable for all children, just the situations would change.

arrived as expected. Good packaging. good quality item.

This is a course so worth reading to help the little people we work with in the school system. Awesome.

Full of wisdom and useful tips. A must for everyone working with young children. Puts language at the heart of a childs development