Literacy Timeline- Morrow, L. M. (2015). Literacy development in the early years: Helping children read and write, 8th ed. Pearson.-Maggie Brech

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    Jean-Jacques Rousseau

    A philosopher that advocated abandoning contrived instruction and recommended that a child's education be natural. She said that children learn through curiosity and that this type of learning requires as little adult intervention as possible.
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    Johann Heinrich Pestalozzi

    Influenced by Rousseau's natural learning ideas He started his own school where he developed principles for learning that combined natural elements with informal instruction. He felt it was unrealistic to expect children to learn completely on their own.
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    Friedrich Wilhelm August Froebel

    A German pedagogies who was one of Pestalozzies students. He believed in the natural unfolding of a child and emphasized the importance of play in learning. He was the first educator to design a systematic curriculum. Created the term Kindergarten meaning "Children's Garden".

  • B.F Skinner

    Behaviorism states that human learning was not automatic and unintentional learning requires time on tasks, structure, routines, and practice

  • Maria Montessori

    She created a method of instruction that used senses to promote learning. Believed children needed early, orderly, systematic training in order to master skills. She promoted independent learning.

  • John Dewey

    He believed curriculum should be built around the interest of the children creating Child-Centered Curriculum. The goal was to accustom children to school routines and make them comfortable,

  • Jean Piaget

    Believed there were stages of cognitive development.
    1. Sensorimotor Period (0–2 years)
    2. Preoperational Period (2–7)
    3. Concrete Operational Period (7–11)
    4. Formal Operations Period (11––adult)

  • Lev S. Vygotsky

    Learning occurs as children acquire new concepts of schemas

  • The National Reading Panel Report

    A significant meta-analysis that revealed key elements to literacy success. The report presents the findings of the most effective strategies for teaching children to read.

  • No Child Left Behind (NCLB)

    The goal of NCLB is for every child in the United States to become a fluent reader by grade 3. The legislation was designed to close the achievement gap in literacy development between socioeconomic classes and prevent literacy problems before they occur.

  • The National Early Literacy Panel Report

    Studied existing scientifically based research to identify the skills and abilities of young children from birth through age 5 that predict later achievement in reading, such as the ability to decode and comprehend.

  • Common Core State Standards

    Ensure that at the end of K–12, students are prepared to enter either college or the workforce and take their place as knowledgeable, contributing members of the American economy and society.