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This type of classroom provides children with environment to promote language skills, in many ways since it provides the reality behind words and ideas.
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Headphones, cd players, Digital cameras, camcorder, Pocketwall charts
Who is a child's foremost teacher and model?
Their family
At what age does a child typically start to respond to their own name?
7-12 months
What is a milestone?
A significant achievement or point of development that a child should reach by a certain age.
This classroom feature allows children to give and receive messages from teachers and pears
Message center or classroom bulletin
Teachers should be monitoring during centers.
What is a child's first and most influential school?
Their home
At what age does a child typically say their first word?
10-14 months
what is dialect?
Regional or social variety of language is distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.
These are often used in play areas to limit the number of children.
Individual child tickets or name cards
Should Language art centers be quiet or loud?
Quiet
What do anxious families need from their childcare providers?
Reassurance and encouragement to trust their instincts.
What is the language of the majority of people in the united states?
English
what is discriminative listening?
When a child becomes aware of changes in pitch or loudness.
What key factor makes sure that classroom spaces support literacy and learning for all children?
Physical and emotional comfort.
What does the ideal language center contain?
Comfortable furnishings, ample work space, proper lighting and screening to block other areas of the classroom.,
Family by family approach
what is the primary goal of a read aloud activity?
The construction of meaning that develops in the interactive process between adult and child.
What is critical listening?
when a child understands, evaluates, makes decisions, and formulates opinions.
These can be incorporated into games to strengthen early literacy and numeracy skills.
Print and numerals
What are the 3 main functions of the Language arts center?
Provides looking and listening activities, Gives area for hands on activities, and it provides a place to store materials
What are the three things at home and school that influence children's literacy?
Setting, models and planned and unplanned events
What does the infant's act of turning their head and opening their mouth typically mean.
They are feeling hungry.
What is the psychosocial theory?
development is described in eight stages spanning from childhood to adulthood.