Early Literacy Learning

that the ‘basics’ of literacy learning involve an awareness of what literacy is good for, and a familiarity with the language of books, as well as knowledge of the alphabet and the sound/symbol relations of the orthographic code (Clay 1972; Wells 1981; Bussis et al. 1985; Solsken 1993;
the power of home learning and how it can be harnessed (Hannon 1995; Barrs et al. 1998);
that different communities have different uses for literacy and different sets of social practices involving literacy (Heath 1983);
that children who are read to at home in the pre-school years learn to read more effectively than those who are not (Durkin 1966; Clark 1976; Wells 1981);
that all young children starting school have ideas about literacy - how it works and what its uses are (Ferreiro and Teberosky 1979; Solsken 1993);
the importance of reflection and metacognition in children's literacy learning (Clay 1972);

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