Rethinking Early Literacies

<p><em>Rethinking Early Literacies</em> honors the identities of young children as they read write speak and play across various spaces in and out of pre/school. Despite narrow curricular mandates and policies the book highlights the language resources and tools that children cultivate from families communities and peers. The chapters feature children’s linguistic flexibility with multiple languages creative appropriation of popular culture participation in community literacy practices and social negotiation in the context of play. Throughout the book the authors critically reframe what it means to be literate in contemporary society specifically discussing the role of educators in theorizing and rethinking language ideologies for practice. Issues influencing early childhood education in trans/national contexts are forefronted (e.g. racism immigration rights readiness) throughout the book with a call to support and sustain communities of color.</p>