3 credit hoursPrerequisites: ECE 4370; SPED 3010; prerequisite or corequisite: ECE 4320; admission to Teacher Education program. Corequisite: ECE 4376. Study of emergent literacy and literacy concepts, birth through grade three. Includes methods of teaching and assessing literacy in a diverse environment. Use of children’s media and literature addressed. Three hours lecture plus two-hour morning experiential field placement weekly.