Print Rich Classrooms
What provides a prepared environment for all children?
A prepared environment provides successful experiences for all children in a climate in which ideas and creative learning flourish.
What are the three main functions of the language center?
It provides looking and listening activities for children, it gives children an area for hands-on experiences with communication-developing materials, and it provides a place to store materials.
Area where writing tools are found.
Writing area
Why is it important for educators to build trust with families?
Developing trust grows from family feelings of being respected, accepted, and valued for their individual and cultural diversity.
A wide range of commercial programs developed for computer users’ convenience, education, entertainment, and so on.
Why the classroom environment is important support children's development?
The classroom environment can promote language skills, supplies opportunities for sensory exploration and increases children’s knowledge of relationships.
How is the ideal language center?
The language center has comfortable, soft furnishings with ample work space, proper lighting, and screening to block out other areas of an active classroom
Area where books are found.
Reading center.
How can parents promote listening skills?
Trying to teach children to listen to and identify sounds, such as the whine of car tires, bird calls, insect noises, and sounds of different kinds of doors closing in the house is something families can do to increase skill.
What is audiovisual equipment?
Any mechanical or nonmechanical item useful in offering sight or hearing experience.
What is the first step considered to create an effective literacy classroom?
the first step in creating an effective literacy classroom involves taking an inventory of supplies, furnishings, literacy materials—including the classroom book collection—and the technology available
What is the teacher's role in Language centers?
Teachers are congenial, interested companions for the children: sharing books; helping children with projects; recording children’s dictation; playing and demonstrating language games; making words, word lists, signs, or charts; and helping children use the center’s equipment.
How can computers centers support children's development?
Computers can offer problem-solving, creative experiences, and literacy opportunities.
what are the three important factors that influence child literacy at home and school?
(1) setting,
(2) models, and
(3) planned and unplanned events.
What is a language center?
A classroom area specifically set aside and equipped for language arts-related activities and child use.
How can teachers support the differences, diverse cultures, and family lives of the children in their care?
Teachers can include classroom displays of diverse children’s household items, cultural clothing, musical instruments, printed language examples, books, photographs, and other materials
How can teachers use classroom walls to teach children?
Teachers can display children’s work (with children’s permission), names, and themes based on their interests increases children's feelings of accomplishment and their senses of pride in their classroom.
Why the ideal classroom location for computers is a visible location where monitors are visible?
Because it enables supervision and quick assistance.
How can families encourage interest in reading?
Parents can connect book story features not only to past happenings experienced together but also to the unique characteristics of their child’s personality, interests, desires, and abilities.
What is a listening center?
A classroom area designed to accommodate children’s listening experiences.
Name a suggestion for print-rich environments.
Educators can label everything in the classroom that has a connection to current curriculum and post a picture or photo of the daily routine
How can dramatic play and block areas support literacy?
Dramatic play and block areas encourage large amounts of social interaction and the use of more mature, complex language.
What are the characteristics of an appropriate software for children?
- does not include violence
- provides positive verbal and visual cues and responses (feedback)
- allows the child to control pace and action
- allows the option of practicing a skill or moving on
- supports working alone or with others
What are some types of communications between home and school?
Daily conversations, e-mails, written communications, shared school-home communication digital apps, family meetings, workshops, social events, and individual conferences.
What is family literacy programs?
Community programs attempting to provide literacy-building opportunities and experiences for families. Services are available for both adults and children.