Early Childhood Literacy

Using Multicultural Picture Books to Promote Racial Justice in Urban Early Childhood Literacy Classrooms

Urban Education ◽

10.1177/0042085918805145 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 54 (8) ◽

pp. 1058-1084 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Terry Husband

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Picture Books ◽

Census Data ◽

Early Childhood Teachers ◽

Racial Awareness ◽

Racial Justice ◽

Approaches To Teaching ◽

Race And Racism ◽

Racially Diverse ◽

Early Childhood Literacy

Recent census data indicate that student populations in U.S. classrooms continue to become increasingly racially diverse. Despite these changes, many early childhood teachers remain reluctant to teach children about race and racial justice. In this article, I argue that multicultural picture books can and should be used to promote racial awareness and racial justice among young children. I discuss reasons why early childhood teachers should abandon colorblind approaches to race and racism in their classrooms. Then, I provide a framework of multiple approaches to teaching children about race through multicultural picture books. Practical considerations are presented.

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EARLY CHILDHOOD LITERACY

Social, Humanities, and Educational Studies (SHEs): Conference Series ◽

10.20961/shes.v1i1.23634 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 1 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Mainita Elisnawati ◽

Warananingtyas Palupi ◽

Nurul Kusuma Dewi

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Case Studies ◽

Writing Workshop ◽

Qualitative Approach ◽

Literacy Programs ◽

Literacy Program ◽

Early Childhood Literacy ◽

Reading Culture

Nowdays, children prefer to do activities using electronic tools and less often culturally read. The importance of introduction and reading culture applied since early childhood is expected to make children a literate and broad-minded generation. Introduction and reading culture is done by the nearest child (parents and teachers). The purpose of this research is to know the literacy program conducted by Library and Archives Service in realizing the literacy of early childhood, as well as the supporting facilities provided for the implementation of the literacy program. This research was conducted in the Regional Library of Bantul Regency. This study uses a qualitative approach to case studies Forms of literacy programs for early childhood include: 1) Visits to the library and reading books, 2) Screening, 3) Writing workshop. The literacy program focuses on the introduction of pre-school pre-school literacy.

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Early Childhood Literacy and Children’s Multimodal Expressions in Preschool

Educational Encounters: Nordic Studies in Early Childhood Didactics ◽

10.1007/978-94-007-1617-9_10 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 173-189

Author(s):

Elisabeth Mellgren ◽

Karin Gustafsson

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Early Childhood Literacy

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Making Literacy Culturally Relevant

Advances in Early Childhood and K-12 Education - Designing Culturally Competent Programming for PK-20 Classrooms ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-3652-0.ch002 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 21-34

Author(s):

Elizabeth Morphis ◽

Ting Yuan

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

Teacher Preparation ◽

Early Literacy ◽

Culturally Relevant Pedagogy ◽

Culturally Relevant ◽

Balanced Literacy ◽

Early Childhood Literacy ◽

Relevant Pedagogy

In this reflective chapter on culturally relevant teacher preparation, the authors begin by discussing early childhood literacy and how it has traditionally been conceptualized. They offer an overview of a balanced literacy model, including its history, structured development, and critiques. They then consider culturally relevant pedagogy as foundation to reconceptualizing early literacy and teacher preparation. To bring such reconceptualization to life, they share their work with early childhood pre-service teachers, aiming to reconceptualize early literacy. They conclude the chapter with suggestions for moving beyond balanced literacy in culturally relevant ways.

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