While designed for preschoolers, the plans can be adapted for children in the primary grades. ALA Editions, 2015, 248 P. $50. 978-0-8389-1271-3 Librarians serving teens can benefit from guides such as ...

The study is the first to demonstrate the connection between African American preschoolers’ storytelling abilities and the development of their early reading skills. Share: Facebook Twitter ...

Storytelling allows young children to become familiar with sounds, words and language while simultaneously sparking their imaginations. It deepens literacy skills and stimulates curiosity.

Storytelling skills support early literacy for African American children Early narrative skills are tied to kindergarten literacy among young African American children, according to new research ...

Originally posted in Early Years. The ability of African-American preschoolers to tell vivid, complex stories predicts those children’s literacy skills later on when they’re in kindergarten ...

The oral storytelling skills of African American preschoolers make a difference in how quickly their reading skills develop, according to a new study from the Frank Porter Graham Child Development ...

KEENE, N.H., 4/3/08 - Storyteller Laura Simms will be the keynote speaker at ... Keene State College’s Storytelling for Children Conference on Sat., Apr. 12. ... Now in its 16th year, this ...

The preschool storytelling task required students to narrate a wordless storybook, a commonly used measure of storytelling ability in young children. In later grades, reading comprehension was ...