Ladders To Literacy: A Kindergarten Activity Book

Ladders to Literacy is an innovative supplemental classroom curriculum that allows educators to address the needs of children who are at risk for reading failure?without giving up their current language programming. Updated based on experimental findings from 1997-2004, the second edition offers more than 60 activities for use in the classroom. Each field-tested activity provides scaffolding suggestions so educators can easily vary levels of demands and supports depending on a child's needs. The games, crafts, storytelling, and other classroom play ideas are appropriate for young children who are developing typically and those who have disabilities or special needs, making the book an ideal resource for general, special, or inclusive education classrooms.

Patricia F. Vadasy is Senior Researcher at the Washington Research Institute, Seattle. Angela Notari-Syverson is Research Associate at the Washington Research Institute, Seattle. Rollanda E. O'Connor is Professor of Education at the University of California, Riverside.