Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate ...

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Adopted May 1998A joint position statement of the International Reading Association and theNational Association for the Education of Young ChildrenLearning to Read and Write: Developmentally AppropriatePractices for Young ChildrennaeycCopyright 1998. All rights reserved. National Association for the Education of Young Children. In Young Children, July 1998, 53 (4): 30 16th Street, , Washington, DC 20036-1426 l 202-232-8777 l 800-424-2460 l FAX: 202-328-1846Learning to read and write is critical to a child s success inschool and later in life. One of the best predictors of whether achild will function competently in school and go on to contrib-ute actively in our increasingly literate society is the level towhich the child progresses in reading and writing.

duce uniform outcomes for all, with no account taken of the initial range in abilities, experiences, interests, and personali- ... vital for all children to have literacy experiences in schools and early childhood programs. Such access is even more critical for children with limited home experiences in literacy. However,

  Outcome, Literacy, Experience, Literacy experiences