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         Technical Assistance and Professional Development for Early Reading First Projects

McREL's Scaffolding Early Literacy (SEL) program provides professional development for teachers as they work to develop young children's cognition, language, and early literacy.

McREL can customize the SEL program to meet your specific needs. We provide sustained, intensive, and classroom-focused activities, such as in-class coaching and demonstrations.

         Scaffolding Early Literacy Model Classrooms
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Program
         Technical Assistance and Professional Development for Early Reading First Projects
         Enhancing the Literacy Environment in the Early Childhood Classroom
         Meeting Learning Standards for Preschool and Kindergarten Children: Literacy and Mathematics
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Workshop
         School Readiness: Strategies to Help Preschool Children Meet the Demands of a Kindergarten Classroom.
         100 Most Frequent Words in Books for Beginning Readers
         A Framework for Early Literacy Instruction: Aligning Standards to Developmental Accomplishments and Student Behaviors
         Scaffolded Writing: A Successful Strategy for Promoting Children's Writing in Kindergarten
         Scaffolding Emergent Writing in the Zone of Proximal Development
         For the Love of Words: Vocabulary Instruction that Works
         Scaffolding Early Literacy Through Play: How to Strengthen Play, Increase Oral Language, Encourage More Symbolic Thinking, and Support the Development of Concepts of Print and Writing
         Scaffolding Literacy Development in the Kindergarten Classroom
         Scaffolding Literacy Development in the Preschool Classroom

         Meeting the needs of emergent readers: Bert and Ernie to the rescue!
         Standards in the Early Childhood Classroom
         Policy Brief—Early Literacy: New Issues and New Challenges (10/1/2000)
         The Tools of the Mind Project: A Case Study of Implementing the Vygotskian Approach in American Early Childhood and Primary Classrooms
         Chopsticks and Counting Chips: Do Play and Foundational Skills Need to Compete for the Teacher's Attention in an Early Childhood Classroom?
         Developing Self-Regulation in Kindergarten: Can We Keep All the Crickets in the Basket?
         Make-believe play versus academic skills: a Vygotskian approach to today's dilemma of early childhood education
         Self-regulation: A Foundation for Early Learning
         Uniquely Preschool

         National Association for the Education of Young Children
The nation's largest organization of people dedicated to improving the quality of programs for children from birth through third grade
         National Institute for Early Education Research (NIEER)
Supports early childhood education initiatives by providing objective, nonpartisan information based on research