MARLENE BARRON, Ph.D., is Head of the West Side Montessori Schoolin New York City. She is the author of I Learn to Read and Writethe Way I Learn to Talk: A Very First Book About Whole Language, aswell as other books and articles. She has taught early childhoodeducation courses at several colleges, and currently is a professorat New York University. KAREN ROMANO YOUNG is a former editor at Scholastic. She hascreated educational materials for all ages, and has written for theNational Geographic Society and the Children's Television Workshop.

• Partial table of contents: CREATING THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE. What's on the Fridge?. Private Journal. The Movable Feast. The Daily Mail. Talk Me Through It. The Terrific Tube. Read to Me. Puppet Play. A Place to Write. Unique Units. MAINLY READING. Matching It Up! Shape Finder. Cutting Coupons. Laundry Soap. Poetry in Motion. Rhymes on Stage. At Your Command. Fonts of Knowledge. Organic Words. Hit the Library! THE WRITING CONNECTION. Simon Says. Get on Track. Yellow Jell-O. Finger Play. Designs by Hand. Drawing Out a Story. Talk Like a Robot. The Family Notebook. Tape Tech. LANGUAGE INS AND OUTS. Making Letters. Wordy Workout. New Directions. Big Words. Word Study. Chip in for Syllables. Asking and Telling. Body English. Color Game. Board Games. Index.

MARLENE BARRON, Ph.D., is Head of the West Side Montessori Schoolin New York City. She is the author of I Learn to Read and Writethe Way I Learn to Talk: A Very First Book About Whole Language, aswell as other books and articles. She has taught early childhoodeducation courses at several colleges, and currently is a professorat New York University. KAREN ROMANO YOUNG is a former editor at Scholastic. She hascreated educational materials for all ages, and has written for theNational Geographic Society and the Children's Television Workshop.

• Partial table of contents: CREATING THE RIGHT ATMOSPHERE. What's on the Fridge?. Private Journal. The Movable Feast. The Daily Mail. Talk Me Through It. The Terrific Tube. Read to Me. Puppet Play. A Place to Write. Unique Units. MAINLY READING. Matching It Up! Shape Finder. Cutting Coupons. Laundry Soap. Poetry in Motion. Rhymes on Stage. At Your Command. Fonts of Knowledge. Organic Words. Hit the Library! THE WRITING CONNECTION. Simon Says. Get on Track. Yellow Jell-O. Finger Play. Designs by Hand. Drawing Out a Story. Talk Like a Robot. The Family Notebook. Tape Tech. LANGUAGE INS AND OUTS. Making Letters. Wordy Workout. New Directions. Big Words. Word Study. Chip in for Syllables. Asking and Telling. Body English. Color Game. Board Games. Index.