1. 1. Learning stories Young childrens literacy development. By Sara Gray.
2. 2. The participant is aged 2 years and 1 month. Sample collected on the 10/12/13. The child was observed at the family day care centre he attends two days a week. For the purpose of the analysis the child will be referred to as John.
3. 3. The male participant is aged 4 years. Sample collected on the 12/12/13. The child was observed at his home with his Father present. For the purpose of the analysis the child will be referred to as Jackson.During this sample Jackson builds a Lego house with his father.
4. 4. The participant is aged 2 years. Samples were collected on 10/12/13. The child was observed in a family day care setting which the child attends 4 days per week.John experiments with different colours.John states that he has drawn a cat with fur.
5. 5. The participant is female and aged 3 years. Sample collected on the 15/12/13. The child was observed at the family home with the mother present. For the purpose of the analysis the child will be referred to as Lacy.Lacy draws Santa's sleighLacy writes I want a Dolls house for Christmas.
6. 6. The participant is aged 2 years. Sample collected on the 10/12/13. The child was observed at the family day care centre he attends two days a week. For the purpose of the analysis the child will be referred to as John.John imitates and repeats spoken words such as sheep John attempts new words and connects their meaning to the text by pointing and finding the correct page.
7. 7. The male participant is aged 4 years. Sample collected on the 17/12/13. The child was observed at his home with his mother and auntie present. For the purpose of the analysis the child will be referred to as Jackson.Jackson describes illustrations and makes predictions Jackson expresses himself with increasingly complex sentences to describe the events in the story
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