|













|

Waterford curriculum designers consult a variety of sources in order
to develop courseware that is grounded in solid research. Below are some
of the Waterford Early Reading Program sources
and Waterford Early Math and Science sources.

Adams, Marilyn Jager. (1990). Beginning to read:
Thinking and learning about print. Cambridge: MIT Press.
_____. (1998). Phonemic awareness in young children.
Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.
Allington, Richard L. (February 1983). Fluency: The neglected
reading goal. The Reading Teacher, 36(6), 556-561.
Anderson, R. C., et al. (1984). Becoming a nation of
readers: The report of the commission on reading. Washington DC: The
National Institute of Education.
Au, K. H., Mason, J. M., & Scheu, J.A. (1995). Literacy
instruction for today. New York: Harper Collins College Publishers.
Balajthy, E. (February 1988). Keyboarding, language arts,
and the elementary school child. Computing Teacher, 15 (5), 40-43.
Barr, Rebecca, Kamil, Michael L., Mosenthal, Peter B., &
Pearson, P. David (Eds.). (2000). Handbook of reading research
(Vol. 3). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers.
Beck, I. L., & Juel, C. (1992). The role of decoding
in learning to read. What research has to say about reading instruction.
Samuels, S.J., & Farstrup, A.E. (Eds.) Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
Blachman, Benita. (1997). Early intervention and phonological awareness:
A cautionary tale. In Blachman, B. (Ed.). Foundations of Reading Acquisition
and Dyslexia. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, 414.
Back to top
Blackman, B., Ball, E., Black, S., & Tangel, D. (1994).
Kindergarten teachers develop phoneme awareness in low-income, inner-city
classrooms: Does it make a difference? Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary
Journal, 6, 1-17.
Bond, G. L., & Dystra, R. (1967). The cooperative research
program in first-grade reading instruction. Reading Research Quarterly,
2(4), 5-142.
Bradley, L., & Bryant, P. E. (1991). Phonological skills
before and after learning to read. Phonological processes in literacy:
A tribute to Isabelle Y. Lieberman. Brady, S.A., & Shankweiler,
D.P. (Eds.). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum, 37-45.
Bredekamp, Sue, Copple, Carol, & Neuman, Susan B. (2000).
Learning to read and write: Developmentally appropriate practices for
young children. Washington DC: The National Association for the Education
of Young Children.
Brown, A. L., Palincsar, A. S., & Arbruster, B. B. (1994).
Instructing comprehension-fostering activities in interactive learning
situations. Theoretical models and processes of reading (4th ed.).
Ruddell, R.B., Ruddell, M.R. & Singer, H. (Eds.). Newark, DE: International
Reading Association, 757-785.
Bryant, P., Maclean, M., & Bradley, L. (1990). Rhyme,
language, and children's reading. Applied Psycholinguistics, 11(4),
237-252.
Bryant P., et al. (1989). Nursery rhymes, phonological skills,
and reading. Journal of Child Language, 16(2), 407-428.
Burns, Marilyn. (1992). About teaching mathematics: A K-8 resource.
Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions Publications, 79.
Back to top
Burns, M. S., et al. (Eds.) (1998). Preventing reading
difficulties in young children. Washington DC: National Academy Press.
Byrne, B., & Fielding-Barnsley, R. (1993). Evaluation
of a program to teach phonemic awareness to young children: A 1-year follow-up.
Journal of Educational Psychology, (Psychology, 85, 104-111).
Calfee, R. (1998). Phonics and phonemes: Learning
to decode and spell in a literature-based program. In Metsala, J.L. &
Ehri, L.C. (Eds.) Word Recognition in Beginning Literacy. Mahweh,
NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 329.
Campbell, D. D. (1973). Typewriting contrasted with handwriting:
A circumvention study of learning disabled children. Journal of Special
Education, 7(2), 155-168.
Clay, M. M. (1991). Becoming literate. Auckland,
New Zealand: Heinemann.
_____. (1985). The early detection of reading difficulties
(3rd ed.). Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Cothran, A., & Mason, G. E. (1978). The
typewriter: Time-tested tool for teaching reading and writing. Elementary
School Journal, 78(3), 171-178.
Cullinan, B. E. (1989). Literature for young children.
In Strickland, D.S. & Morrow, L.M. (Eds.). Emerging Literacy: Young
children learn to read and write. Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
Back to top
Cunningham, A. E. (1990). Explicit versus implicit instruction
in phonemic awareness. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,
50, 429-444.
Durkin, Dolores. (1989). Teaching them to read (5th
ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Eldredge, J. L. (1995). Teaching decoding in holistic classrooms.
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, Inc.
Fountas, I. C., & Pinnell, G. S. (1996). Guided reading:
Good first teaching for all children. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Fry, E.B., Kress, J. E., & Fountoudidis, D. L. (1993).
The reading teacher's book of lists. West Nyack, NY: The Center
for Applied Research in Education.
Garland, Cynthia. (1990). Mathematics their way: Summary
newsletter. Saratoga, CA: Center for Innovation in Education, 9, 1.
Graves, Donald. (1994). A fresh look at writing.
Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Graves, M. F., Juel, C., & Graves, B. B. (1998). Teaching
Reading in the 21st Century. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 154.
Griffith, P. L., & Olson, M. W. (March 1992). Phonemic
awareness helps beginning readers break the code. The Reading Teacher,
45 (7), 516-523.
Gunning, T. (1998). Assessing and correcting reading and writing difficulties.
Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon, 70-88.
Back to top
Hall, Susan L. & Moats, Louisa C. (1999). Straight
Talk about Reading: How Parents Can Make a Difference During the Early
Years. Lincolnwood, IL: Contemporary Books.
Heller, Mary F. (1995). Reading writing connections from
theory to practice (2nd ed.). White Plains: Longman Publishers.
Honig, B. (1996). Teaching our children to read: The
role of skills in a comprehensive reading program. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Corwin Press, Inc.
International Reading Association. (1997). The role of phonics in
reading instruction. Position statement passed at 1997 meeting of IRA
board of directors. Reading Online: http://www.readingonline.org.
Electronic journal.
Johns, J. L. (1993). Informal reading inventories: Annotated
reference guide. DeKalb, IL: Communitech International Corp.
Johnson, M. S., Cress, R. A., & Pikulskil, J. J. (1987).
Informal reading inventories. Newark, DE: International Reading
Association.
Juel, C. (1991). Beginning reading. In Barr, R., et al.
(Eds.). Handbook of Reading Research (Vol. 2). New York: Longman,
759-788.
_____. (1988). Learning to read and write: A longitudinal
study of fifty-four children from first through fourth grades. Journal
of Educational Psychology, 80(4), 437-447.
_____. (1994). Learning to read and write in one elementary
school. New York: Springer-Verlag.
_____. (1990). The role of decoding in early literacy instruction and
assessment. In Morrow, L.M., & Smith, J.K. (Eds.). Assessment for
instruction in early literacy. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall,
Inc., 135-154.
Back to top
Kirtley, C., Bryant, P., MacLean, M., & Bradley, L.
(1989). Rhyme, rime, and the onset of reading. Journal of Experimental
Child Psychology, 48, 224-245.
Lesgold, A. M., & Resnick, L. B. (1982). How reading disabilities
develop: Perspectives from longitudinal study. In Das, J.P., Mulcahy,
R., & Wall, AE (Eds.). Theory and Research in Learning Disability.
New York: Plenum.
Lieberman, Isabelle Y., & Shankweiler, Donald. (1985).
Phonology and problems of learning to read the write. Remedial and
Special Education, 6, 8-17.
Lipson, Marjorie Y. & Wixson, Karen K. (1997). Assessment
and instruction of reading and writing disability. New York: Addison
Wesley.
Maclean, M., Bryant, P., & Bradley, L. (1987). Rhymes,
nursery rhymes, & reading in early childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly,
33(3), 255-281.
McCracken, Robert A., & McCracken, Marlene J. (1986).
Stories, songs, and poetry to teach reading and writing: Literacy through
language. Winnepeg: Peguis Publishers Ltd.
Miller, J. W., & McKenna, M. (1989). Teaching reading
in the elementary classroom. Scottsdale, AZ: Gorsuch Scarisbrick Publishers,
433-437.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics. (2000). Principles
and standards for school mathematics. Reston, VA: The National Council
of Teachers of Mathematics, Inc.
National Reading Panel. (2000). Teaching children to
read: An evidence-based assessment of the scientific research literature
on reading and its implications for reading instruction. NICHHD, 2-41.
National Research Council. (1999). Starting out right,
a guide to promoting children's reading success. Washington DC: National
Academy Press.
Pearson, P. D., & Fielding, L. (1996). Comprehension instruction.
Handbook of Reading Research (Vol. 2), 815-860.
Back to top
Pearson, P. D., et al. (1992). Developing expertise in
reading comprehension. What research has to say about reading instruction.
Newark, DE: International Reading Association, 145-199.
Perfetti, C. A. (1985). Reading ability. New York:
Oxford University Press.
Peterson, M. E., & Haines, L. P. (1992). Orthographic
analogy training with kindergarten children. Effects on analogy use, phonemic
segmentation, and letter-sound knowledge. Journal of Reading Behavior,
24(1), 121.
Powell, Debbie. (1990). Teaching graphophonics in a whole
language classroom. Hawthorn, Victoria, Australia: Distributed in
the U.S. by Rigby.
Pressley, Michael, et al. (1989). The challenges of classroom strategy
instruction. The Elementary School Journal, 89 (3), 301-341.
Pressley, M. (1998). Reading instruction that works:
The case for balanced teaching. New York: Guilford Press.
_____. (2000). What should comprehension instruction be
the instruction of? In Barr, R., et al. (Eds.). Handbook of Reading
Research (Vol. 3). Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers,
545.
Reitsma, Peter. (Spring 1998). Reading practice for beginners:
Effects of guided reading, reading-while-listening, and independent reading
with computer-based speech feedback. Reading Research Quarterly,
23(2), 219-235.
Reutzel, D. R., & Cooter, R. B. (1992). Teaching children to read:
From basals to books. New York: Macmillan.
Back to top
Rosenshine, Barak V. (April 1986). Synthesis of research
on explicit teaching. Educational Leadership, 43(7), 60-69.
Samuels, S. J. (1994). Word recognition. In Ruddell,
R.B., Ruddell, M. R., & Singer, H. (Eds.). Theoretical Models and
Processes of Reading (4th ed.). Newark, DE: International Reading
Association, 359-380.
San Francisco State University. (1999). Bay area mathematics
task force report: A mathematics source book. San Francisco, CA: San
Francisco State University, 7.
Slocum, Timothy A., O'Connor, Rollanda E., & Jenkins,
Joseph R. (1993). Transfer among phonological manipulation skills. Journal
of Educational Psychology, 85(4), 618-630.
Snow, Catherine E., Burns, M. Susan, & Griffin, Peg
(Eds.). (1998). Preventing reading difficulties in young children.
Washington DC: National Academy Press.
_____. (1999). Starting out right: A guide to promoting
children's reading success. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Stahl, Steven A. (1992). Saying the 'p' word: Nine guidelines
for exemplary phonics instruction. The Reading Teacher, 45, 618-625.
_____. (1999). Vocabulary development. Cambridge, MA: Brookline
Books, 4.
Back to top
Stahl, S. A., Heubach, Kathleen, & Cramond, Bonnie.
(30 Nov.-3 Dec. 1994). Fluency-oriented reading instruction. Annual
Meeting of the National Reading Conference. San Diego, CA.
Stanovich, Keith E. (2000) Progress in understanding
reading: Scientific foundations and new frontiers. New York: The Guilford
Press.
_____. (Dec. 1993-Jan. 1994). Romance and reality. The
Reading Teacher, 47(4). 280-291.
_____. (1980). Toward an interactive-compensatory model
of individual differences in the development of reading fluency. Reading
Research Quarterly, 16(1), 32-71.
Strickland, Dorothy, & Cullinan, Bernice. (1990). Afterword
in Beginning to read: Thinking and learning about print by Marilyn
Jager Adams. Cambridge: MIT Press, 426-434.
Tierny, R. J., et al. (1989). The effects of reading
and writing upon thinking critically. Reading Research Quarterly,
24(2), 134-173.
Tierny, R. J., & Leys, M. (1986). What is the value
of connecting reading and writing? In Peterson, B.T. (Ed.). Convergences:
Transactions in Reading and Writing. Urbana, IL: National Council
of Teachers of English, 15-29.
Torgesen, Joseph K., & Mathes, Patricia G. (2000). A
basic guide to understanding, assessing, and teaching phonological awareness.
Austin, TX: Pro-Ed, Inc.
Wallach, Michael A., & Wallach, Lise. (1979). Helping
disadvantaged children learn to read by teaching them phoneme identification
skills. In Resnick, L.A., & Weaver, P.A. (Eds.). Theory and
Practice of Early Reading (Vol. 3). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates,
197-215.
Back to top

Allington, Richard L., & Krull, Kathleen. (1980). Thinking.
Milwaukee, WI: Raintree.
American Association for the Advancement of Science.
(1990). Science for All Americans. New York: Oxford University
Press.
_____. (1993). Benchmarks for Science Literacy.
New York: Oxford University Press.
Balka, Don S. (1995). Unifix Mathematics Activities Book 1: Precounting,
Early Counting, Addition Experiences. Rowley, MA: DIDAX Educational
Resources.
Baroody, Arthur J. (1987). Children's Mathematical
Thinking. New York: Teachers College Press.
Barratta-Lorton, Mary. (1995). Mathematics
Their Way. Boston, MA: Addison Wesley.
Bingham, Caroline (Ed.). (1996). Why Does
Lightning Strike?: Questions Children Ask About the Weather. Boston,
MA: Dorling Kindersley.
Bley, Nancy S., & Thornton, Carol A. (1995). Teaching Mathematics
to Students with Learning Disabilites. (3rd ed.) Austin, TX: PRO-ED.
Back to top
Bosak, Susan V. (2000). Science Is
: A Sourcebook of Fascinating Facts, Projects and Activities. Buffalo,
NY: Firefly Books.
Boswell, L. A. (1998). Math Central. Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin.
Breckenridge, et al. (1998). 365 More Simple
Science Experiments with Everyday Materials. New York: Black Dog and
Leventhal.
Burns, Marilyn, & Tank, Bonnie. (1998).
A Collection of Math Lessons from Grades 1 through 3. Sausalito,
CA: Math Solutions.
_____. (1976). The I Hate Mathematics Book.
London, England: Little, Brown.
_____. (1992). About Teaching Mathematics,
a K-8 Resource. Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions.
_____. (1992). Math and Literature (K-3).
Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions Publications.
Burton, G. M., and E. M. Maletsky. (1998). Math Advantage. Orlando,
FL: Harcourt Brace.
Charlesworth, Rosalind, and Lind, Karen K.
(1999). Math and Science for Young Children. San Francisco, CA:
Delmar.
Childcraft: The How and Why Library. (1980).
The Green Kingdom. Chicago, IL: World Book-Childcraft International.
Clements, D.H. (1998). Math for You and Me. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Back to top
Clements, Douglas. (1998). Math in My World.
(Teacher's Edition, Grade 1). New York: McGraw-Hill.
Dinio-Durkin, Cecilia. (1997). Brain-Boosting
Math Activities. New York: Scholastic.
Dohler, Dora. (1997). "The Role of Games,
Puzzles, and Riddles in Elementary Mathematics" in Games and Puzzles
for Elementary and Middle School Mathematics. Reston, VA: National
Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Drum, Randell L., & Petty, Wesley G., Jr.
(January 1999). "Teaching the Value of Coins" in Teaching
Children Mathematics. pp. 264-268.
Fennell, Francis. (2000). Connect to NCTM
Standards 2000. Chicago, IL: Creative Publications.
Geary, David. (1996). Children's Mathematical
Development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Hogben, Lancelot. (1993). Mathematics for
the Million (Revised Edition): W.W. Norton & Company.
Kamii, Constance. (2000). Young Children Reinvent Arithmetic: Implications
of Piaget's Theory. New York: Teachers College Press.
Kellough, Richard D. (1996). Integrating Mathematics and Science for
Kindergarten and Primary Children. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice
Hall.
Back to top
Kennedy, Leonard M., and Tipps, Steve. (2000).
Guiding Children's Learning of Mathematics. Belmont, CA: Wadsworth.
Lilly, Dr. Marsha W. (1999). Math at Hand. Wilmington, MA: Houghton
Mifflin, Great Source Education Group.
Liping, Ma. (1999). Knowing and Teaching
Elementary Mathematics: Teachers' Understanding of Fundamental Mathematics
in China and the United States. Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc.
Mayberry, Sally, et al. (1992). Using Manipulatives
to Teach Mathematics. Greensboro, NC: Carson-Dellosa.
McIntosh, Alistair, et al. (1997). Number
Sense: Simple Effective Number Sense Experiences. Parsippany, NJ:
Dale Seymour Publications.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
(1993). Research Ideas for the Classroom Early Childhood Mathematics.
New York: Macmillan.
_____. (1995). Ideas: NCTM Standards-based
Instruction, Grades K-4. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics.
_____. (2000). Principles and Standards
for School Mathematics. Reston, VA: The National Council of Teachers
of Mathematics, Inc.
_____. (2000). Principles and Standards for School Mathematics.
Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Back to top
National Research Council. (1996). National
Science Education Standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Reys, Robert E., et al. (1989). Helping
Children Learn Mathematics. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Richardson, Kathy. (1999). Developing Number
Concepts: Place Value, Multiplication and Division. White Plains,
NY: Wesley Longman.
Schmidt, Victor, and Rockcastle, Verne. (1995).
Teaching Science with Everyday Things. Fresno, CA: AIMS Education
Foundation.
Smith, Susan Sperry. (2001). Early Childhood
Mathematics. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Sodovnik, A., et al. (1994). Exploring Education.
Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Stein, Mary, et al. (1997). Designing Effective
Mathematics: A Direct Instruction Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ:
Prentice Hall.
Tank, Bonnie. (1996). Math by all Means:
Probability. Sausalito, CA: Math Solutions Publications.
Thompson, Charles. (1990). Mathematics for
the Young Child. Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Thompson, Frances M. (1994). Hands-on Math,
K-1. West Nyack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education.
Tolman, Marvin N., & Morton, James O. (1995).
Hands-on Life Science for Grades K-8. New York: Prentice Hall.
Van De Walle, John. (1994). Elementary School
Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally. White Plains, NY: Longman.
Ward, Sandra. (1995). Constructing Ideas
about Counting. Mountain View, CA: Creative Publications.
Whitin, David J., & Wilde, Sandra. (1992).
Read Any Good Math Lately? Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann.
Willoughby, Stephen S., et al. (1998). SRA
Math: Explorations and Applications, Grade 1. Worthington, OH: SRA/McGraw-Hill.
Worth, Joan. (1990). "Developing Problem-solving
Abilities and Attitudes" in Mathematics for the Young Child.
Reston, VA: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics.
Back to top
|