Dr. Saracho began her career in education by teaching Head Start, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary classes. Her current research and writing is in the field of early childhood education. She has written several works on early literacy such as Language and Literacy in Early Childhood education , Literacy Development: The Whole Language Approach , Language and Literacy Programs in Early Childhood Education , Literacy Activities in a Play Environment , The Roots of Reading and Writing , and many others.