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Journal of Early Childhood Literacy is a fully peer-reviewed international journal. Since its foundation in 2001 JECL has rapidly become a distinctive, leading voice in research in early childhood literacy, with a multinational range of contributors and readership. The main emphasis in the journal is on papers researching issues related to the nature, function and use of literacy in early childhood. This includes the history, development, use, learning... View full journal description

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Becoming a preschool teacher: Developing beliefs about digital literacy seen through a democratic lens

  • Ann-Britt Enochsson
  • Katarina Ribaeus
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The role of read-alouds in preschoolers’ understanding of bullying

  • Rabia Ozen-Uyar
  • Vahide Yigit-Gencten
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Children’s digital experiences: A scoping review of social interactions in family settings

  • Kate L. Lewis
  • Irina Verenikina
  • Steven J. Howard
  • Lisa K. Kervin
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“He’s an author like us”: Cultivating agency and writing identities in early childhood classrooms

  • Erica Holyoke
  • Susan Tily
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Storybook reading: Literacy and teacher knowledge in early childhood education

  • Joanna Williamson
  • Helen Hedges
  • Rebecca Jesson
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0-3-Year-old children’s digital language and literacy practices at home: A scoping review of the literature

  • Sandra Marie El Gemayel
  • Rosie Flewitt
  • Janet Goodall
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Starting small: Engaging young learners with literacy through multilingual storytelling

  • Sue Ollerhead
  • Gillian Pennington
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The meaning-making in kindergarten children’s visual narrative compositions

  • Sylvia Pantaleo
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It’s the talk that counts: A review of how the extra-textual talk of caregivers during shared book reading with young children has been categorized and measured

  • Kirsten Read
  • Sara Rabinowitz
  • Hayley Harrison
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Early literacy going digital: Interweaving formal and informal literacy learning through digital media

  • Maria Papadopoulou
  • Katerina Makri
  • Evgenia Pagkourelia
  • Evi Kombiadou
  • Katerina Gaspari
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Animated movements, animating methods: An interaction geography approach to space and affect in early childhood education

  • Ben Rydal Shapiro
  • Deborah Silvis
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The meaning-making in kindergarten children’s visual narrative compositions

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