PSY 36 Language and Literacy Development in the Young Child

An in-depth study of the acquisition and development of language and emergent literacy from birth through age 8. Vygotsky's theory of cognitive development and its relationship to the language arts will be studied. Children's literature will be surveyed, with an emphasis on winners of the Caldecott Award. The course will encompass how to choose books and ways to integrate them into the preschool curriculum. Prerequisite: PSY 12 or PSY 13.