Types of Children's Books
What type of book would be developmentally suitable for a baby or young toddler?
A high contrast book, sensory book, or board book.
What does physical development refer to?
The growth of the body, brain, and motor skills.
What are sight words?
Words children memorize by sight, rather than learn through being sounded out.
What is annotation?
The process of adding notes to a text to deepen your understanding of it.
At what age are children taking turns making sounds with you and rolling from tummy to back?
6 months
What is the name of the type of book made for middle school age children?
Middle grade
What does language development refer to?
The ability to communicate and understand language.
What is invented spelling?
When people spell words using the sounds they hear in the word to guess the letters that make them up.
What online library can be used to read children's books and other uploaded texts?
Internet Archive
At what age are children thinking more abstractly, setting goals, and becoming concerned with philosophy, politics and social issues?
14-18 years old
Children’s Books all about one single subject are called what?
Concept books
What does social/emotional development refer to?
Skills involving understanding emotions, managing feelings, building relationships, and forming your identity.
What is decoding?
Breaking down words into individual sounds then blending them together to read or speak as words.
What is phonics?
A way to teach reading where letters are connected to sounds.
At what age are children counting to 10, buttoning some buttons, and doing simple chores at home?
5 years old
What types of books are made for children just learning to read independently?
Easy Reader
What does cognitive development refer to?
Abilities surrounding mental processes like learning, memory, problem-solving, reasoning, and creativity.
How do tier two and three vocabulary differ?
Tier two words are complex high frequency words, whereas tier three words are rarely used, subject specific words.
Name a type of literacy other than language/reading.
Financial, numerical, media, information, etc.
At what age are children done losing most of their baby teeth, reading books with chapters, and conversing easily with people of all different ages?
10 years old
What is one way that YA books differ from New Adult books?
The age of the characters they feature, the themes they center, the content they allow, etc.
What are developmental milestones?
Behaviors and abilities that typically occur at certain stages of a child’s growth. They act as check points that help monitor a child's health and development.
What is the difference between a phoneme and a grapheme?
Phonemes are the smallest sounds in a language. Graphemes are the symbols that represent sounds in a language.
Name one of the five stages of reading development.
Emergent Stage / Pre-reading Stage
Decoding Stage / Alphabetic Fluency
Transitional Reading Stage
Intermediate / Comprehension Stage
Advanced / Expert Reading Stage
At what age do people start mentoring others, volunteer and engage in community, and taking responsibility for their lives and choices?
Middle age