Improving Preschool Reading Development: A Free Tool

Author(s)

Peggy Coyne, Seoin Lim, Patti Ganley, Kristin Robinson, and Samantha G.Daley

Publisher

MRA Primer (Massachusetts Reading Association)

Date

2014

Abstract

This article describes the development and promise of the Read-with-Me eBooks (RWM), a free website that provides a curriculum for professional development focused on the use of digital storybooks to advance the literacy skills of at-risk preschool students. (RWM can be used by any teacher or parent: See readwithme.cast.org.)  The article offers a) a description of the RWM tool for emerging readers; b) a description of Universal Design for Learning, which is the foundation of the professional development curriculum; and c) a description of RWM implementation in preschools in the greater Boston area.

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Cite As

Coyne, P., Lim, S., Ganley, P., Robinson, K., & Daley, S.G. (2013/2014). Universal design for learning: An approach to professional development and literacy in preschool classrooms. MRA Primer 42(2), 6-17.