Learning to Read and Write: Developmentally Appropriate ...

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: 202-328-1846 Learning 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.

First, the statement summarizes the current issues that are the impetus for this position; then it reviews what is known from research on young children’s literacy development. This review of research as well as the collective wisdom and experi-ence of IRA and NAEYC members provides the basis for a po-

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