Using cultural tools to develop scientific literacy of young Mexican American preschoolers

References

• Anzaldúa , G. 1995 . Prietita and the ghost woman [Prietita y la llorona] , San Antonio, TX : Children’s Book Press .
   Google Scholar
• Bergen , D. and Coscia , J. 2001 . Brain research and childhood education: implications for Educators , San Olney, MD : Association for Childhood Education International .
   Google Scholar
• Catherwood , D. 1999 . New views on the young brain: offerings from development psychology to early childhood education . Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood , 1 (2) : 23 – 35 .
   Google Scholar
• Chavarría‐Cháirez , B. 2000 . Magda’s tortillas [Las tortillas de Magda] , Houston, TX : Arte Público Press . (Illus., A. Vega)
   Google Scholar
• Krauss , R. 1991 . The carrot seed , New York : Harper Trophy .
   Google Scholar
• Moll , L. 1992 . “ Literacy research in community and classrooms: a sociocultural approach ” . In Multidisciplinary perspectives on literacy research , Edited by: Beach , R. , Green , J. L. , Kamil , M. L. and Shanahan , T. 211 – 244 . Urbana, IL : National Council of Teachers of English .
   Google Scholar
• Pérez , B. 2004 . Becoming biliterate: a study of two‐way immersion education , Mahwah, NJ : Lawrence Earlbaum Associates .
   Google Scholar
• Riojas‐Cortez , M. , Flores , B. B. and Clark , E. R. 2003 . Los niños aprenden en casa: valuing and connecting home cultural knowledge with the school’s early childhood education program . Young Children , 58 (6) : 78 – 83 .
   Google Scholar
• Ravanis , K. and Bagakis , G. 1998 . Science education in kindergarten: sociocognitive perspective . International Journal of Early Years Education , 6 (3) : 315 – 327 .
   Google Scholar
• Vygotsky , L. S. 1978 . Mind in society: THE DEVELOPMENT of higher psychological processes , Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press .
   Google Scholar