6/2/2023 0 Comments Duke by Kirby LarsonHandwriting, spelling, and composition develop together to help young children connect the oral and written worlds (Schickedanz & Casbergue, 2009). It also involves meaning-making processes, such as learning the functions of writing, and composition (Berninger et al., 2002 Hall et al., 2015 Strachan, Duke, & Teale, 2013), or “translating ideas into text with purpose” (Quinn & Rohloff, 2023). Writing is more than transcription (handwriting and spelling). We write via handwriting or type to fill out medical forms, for work assignments, to communicate with loved ones, to express feelings, and to convey a sense of identity (Engel, 2016 U.S. Writing is critical for daily life in Euro-Western societies. Are we doing all we can to effectively convey and model what it means to foster early writing and why it’s so important? What Is Early Writing and Why Is It Important? If my colleague, who is embedded in the public library world, is unsure about what it looks like to support early writing, she is likely not alone. Despite being familiar with ECRR2, however, she is unsure exactly how to nurture emergent writing. A library colleague and mother of a preschooler, recently remarked that she feels confident about how to promote her son’s early literacy development through talking, singing, reading, and playing.
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