Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-146) and index.
Contents
Literacy, multiple intelligences, and the brain -- Coming to grips with the musculature of words -- Seeing the visual basis of literacy -- Grooving with the rhythms of language -- Calculating the logic of words -- Feeling the emotional power of text -- Relating to the social context of literacy -- Speaking out about the oral basis of reading and writing -- Opening the book of nature.
