Literature in the lives of Young Children

This course focuses on the “grand conversations” that take place around text, specifically how talking about what we read in conversation with self and with others helps create deeper meaning and insights, fosters more natural and aesthetic responses, and helps create more literate and democratic classroom communities. In this course, we will consider issues, strategies, structures, and frameworks related to using literature in the classroom that encourage such conversations, and build dialogue through reading aloud, independent reading, critical reflection, and literature circles.

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