Home and school communication
Teachers use these in the classroom or hallway to share information, student work, and announcements with families.
What are bulletin boards?
This learning center in a preschool classroom has three main functions
What is the Language Arts Center?
These should be on the walls in a print-rich classroom to help children learn letters and words.
What are alphabet letters and words?
This word means an important skill or ability that a child reaches at a certain age.
What is a milestone?
This is the main way young children begin to develop language skills in early childhood classrooms.
What is play?
This skill helps children hear and play with sounds, which teachers may share with families to support learning at home.
What is phonetic awareness?
In this classroom center, children build towers, houses and roads.
What is the block center?
Words, letters, and symbols are commonly displayed on walls, tables, and other surfaces to support this type of learning environment in a classroom.
What is a print-rich classroom?
This refers to a way of speaking a language that is unique to a certain group or region.
What is Dialect?
Reading books out loud to children helps build this early important skill.
What is language development?
These are scheduled times when teachers and families meet to talk about a child's progress.
What are parent-staff meetings?
Any mechanical or nonmechanical item useful in offering sight or hearing experience
What is audiovisual equipment?
Print rich Classrooms include many of these for children to look at and begin to understand stories.
What are Books?
This term describes the different steps babies go through as they learn to make sounds and talk.
What are Stages of Vocalization?
This important factor should be reflected in classroom materials so all children feel included and represented.
What is culture (or diversity)?
These programs involve both children and their families in reading and learning activities together.
What are family literacy programs?
In a classroom, this play area encourages children to act out real life roles like cooking, shopping, or taking care of a family.
What is dramatic Play area?
Activities like name charts and word games help children learn to recognize and use this.
What are words?
This Type of person believes that children learn language naturally through exposure and interaction.
This type of story uses pictures in place of some words so young children can "read" along.
What is a rebus story?
This is a casual way for teachers to communicate updates or information to families.
What are informal letters?
This classroom center integrates technology into learning, allowing the children to develop digital literacy and problem-solving skills through guided software and activities.
What is the computer center?
Teachers point out words and signs during the day to show children how print is used in this.
What is Everyday life?
This type of listening involves imagination, such as when children listen to stories and picture them in their minds.
What is creative listening?
This concept explains how children begin to understand that print carries meaning and is used to communicate.
What is print awareness?