Print Rich Classrooms
What is the term for the ability to recognize and understand the functions and forms of print?
Print Awareness
What are some elements of a well-designed language arts center?
Space, furniture, materials, organization, and management
What are some benefits of using centers in early childhood education?
They promote active learning, choice, independence, collaboration, and differentiation
What are some benefits of involving families in children’s language arts learning?
They can support, reinforce, extend, and enrich children’s learning
What is appreciative listening?
This type of listening involves enjoying the speaker’s style, humor, or message
What are some examples of environmental print that children encounter in their daily lives?
Labels, signs, logos, posters
What types of materials can be included in the language arts center?
Books, magazines, newspapers, writing tools, paper, envelopes, stamps
What are some factors to consider when planning for centers?
Space, time, materials, grouping, transitions, and routines
What are some barriers to family involvement and how to overcome them?
Time, distance, language, culture, and resources. Solutions: communication, flexibility, diversity, and collaboration
What is Peekaboo?
This baby game involves hiding and revealing one’s face or an object.
What is the name of the strategy that involves pointing to print and explaining its meaning and purpose?
Print referencing
What are some activities that can be done in the language arts center?
Reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing, and representing
What are some strategies for introducing centers to children?
Modeling, explaining, demonstrating, and scaffolding
What are some ways to communicate with families about children’s language arts learning?
Newsletters, emails, phone calls, conferences, reports, etc
What is empathy?
This is the term for the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.
What are some benefits of exposing children to diverse and multicultural print materials?
They can learn about different cultures, languages, perspectives, and experiences
What are some ways to integrate the language arts center with other curriculum areas?
Providing materials and activities related to math, science, social studies, art, music
What are some roles of the teacher in facilitating centers?
Observer, supporter, guide, co-learner, and assessor
What are some ways to provide families with language arts resources and activities?
Lending libraries, workshops, websites, newsletters
What is purposeful listening?
This type of listening involves focusing on the speaker’s goals and needs
What are some ways to create a print rich classroom environment?
Displaying children’s work, labeling objects, providing books and writing materials
What are some ways to assess children’s learning in the language arts center?
Observation, portfolio, checklist, rubric
What are some challenges of using centers and how to overcome them?
Noise, mess, conflicts, boredom, and safety. Solutions: setting rules, monitoring, intervening, rotating, and checking.
What are some ways to invite families to participate in language arts events and projects?
Reading nights, book fairs, storytelling festivals, writing celebrations
What is critical listening?
This type of listening involves evaluating the speaker’s arguments and evidence.