Bibliography
Beyhmer, Angela. "Kindergarten Writing Workshop." The Reading Teacher 57, no. 1 (2003): 25. A useful article that explains the reasoning behind beginning writer's workshop in Kindergarten with drawing pictures.
Calkins, Lucy. The Nuts and Bolts of Teaching Writing. Portsmouth, NH: FirstHand, 2003. A useful tool in implementing a writer's workshop.
______. Units of Study for Primary Writing: A Yearlong Curriculum. Portsmouth, NH: FirstHand, 2003. Another useful guide in setting up a writer's workshop and keeping the momentum going for all grades.
Daly, C. J., G. T. Kelley, and A. Krauss. "Relationship Between Visual-Motor Integration and Handwriting Skills of Children in Kindergarten: A Modified Replication Study." American Journal of Occupational Therapy 57, no. 4 (2003): 459-462. A study conducted to examine the relationship between hand-writing skills and brain development in Kindergarteners.
Dyson, Anne Haas. "Transitions and Tensions: Interrelationships Between the Drawing, Talking, and Dictating of Young Children." Research in the Teaching of English 20, no. 4 (1986): 379-409. An article that uses Vygotsky's theories and practices to exhibit the developmental stages of writing: speaking, drawing, letter and word writing.
Feldgus, Eileen G., and Isabell Cardonick. Kid Writing: A Systematic Approach to Phonics, Journals, and Writing Workshop. Bothell, Wash.: Wright Group, 1999. A wonderful workbook for any teacher looking to incorporate a writer's workshop that includes phonetic skills and developmentally appropriate practices.
Gelb, Ignace Jay. The Study of Writing: The Foundations of Grammatology. London: Routlage and K. Paul, 1952. An interesting book listing the various forms of early writing systems and how they came to be.
Gombert, Jean Emile, and Michel Fayol. "Writing in Preliterate Children." Learning and Instruction 2, no. 1 (1992): 23-41. An article that explores the progression of young children from spoken word to written word.
Hipple, Marjorie L. "Journal Writing In Kindergarten." Language Arts 62, no. 3 (1985): 258. An article written by a kindergarten teacher on the effectiveness of journal writing in a kindergarten classroom.
Olshansky, Beth. "Making Writing a Work of Art: Image-Making Within the Writing Process." Language Arts 71, no. 1 (1994): 522-523. An article describing the benefits of linking art and drawing with writing.
Raphaelian, Harry M. Signs of Life; A Pictorial Dictionary of Symbols.. [1st ed. New York: A. Sivas, 1957. An informative account of how we written language came to be.
Rushton, Stephen, and Elizabeth Larkin. "Shaping the Learning Environment: Connecting Developmentally Appropriate Practices to Brain Research." Early Childhood Education 29, no. 1 (2001): 29. An article exploring recent trends in teaching practices and what the kindergarten child's brain is developmentally ready to accomplish.
Senner, Wayne M. The Origins of Writing. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. A book of essays explaining the lengthy process of how written language came to be.
Vygotsky, L. S., R. W. Rieber, and Aaron S. Carton. The Collected Works of L.S. Vygotsky. New York: Plenum Press, 1987. A look at Vygotsky's theories of language acquisition and the development of various parts of the brain.
Weil, Marsha J., and Susan J. Cunningham Amundson. "Relationship Between Visuomotor and Handwriting Skills of Children in Kindergarten." American Journal of Occupational Therapy 48, no. 11 (1994): 982. An eye-opening (or re-opening) study conducted on what we expect Kindergarteners to do and what they are developmentally ready to do.
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