Understanding and Supporting Young Writers from Birth to 8 - Paperback

by Noella M. MacKenzie (Editor), Janet Scull (Editor)

Providing practitioners with the knowledge and skills they need to support young children as they learn to write, this fully updated second edition offers new guidance on all aspects of writing, from building children's vocabulary and creating multimodal texts to providing support for children who find writing particularly challenging.

Author Biography

Noella M. Mackenzie is an Associate Professor (adjunct) at Charles Sturt University, Australia. She is an experienced literacy educator and researcher. Noella's research, which is largely focused on the learning and teaching of writing, is informed by her ongoing work with classroom teachers and early childhood educators.

Janet Scull is an Associate Professor at Monash University, Australia. She is an experienced tertiary literacy educator with a rich background in practitioner research. Janet's research explores language and literacy acquisition processes and practices that support the continuity of children's learning across early childhood settings and the early years of schooling.