Print Rich Classrooms
A ________ environment provides successful experiences for all children in a climate in which ideas and creative learning flourish.
prepared
Full of communication-motivating activities, every _____ of floor and wall space of a language arts center can be used.
inch
Many children like to escape noise with a favorite ____ or puppet.
book
Preschools planning to maintain the continued literacy development of attending children must face the fact that a home’s low __________ status often affects their children’s literacy growth.
socioeconomic
Name the type of listening from the example below.
Teachers tell children what they are going to tell them, then they say it, and finally, they repeat what they told them.
Purposeful Listening
Add print to imaginative or ________ play areas by monitoring conversation and suggesting labels.
dramatic
Some centers control technology use by giving training sessions in which children obtain “______.” Children with-out these need adult companions.
licenses
School staffs have found creative ways of providing _____ _____. Old footed bathtubs with soft pillows, packing crates and barrels, pillow-lined closets with doors removed, tepees, tents, canopies, and screened-off couches and armchairs have been found workable in some classroom language arts areas.
private space
The ________ that teachers ______ during initial and later meetings and inter-views can help them gather valuable information concerning family literacy goals and practices, home conversations with children, home literacy settings and materials—including books and other publications—and the children’s particular preferences and developing interests. (Answer with a space only between words).
questions ask
What theory believes in the natural unfolding or maturing of children without direct teaching from adults?
Nativist
A study of 265 children emphasized that not only should the environment be print-rich but also that the print is _________ and serves a function for the children.
meaningful
One of the most underutilized instructional items in early childhood centers can be the ______ or _______. (Answer with a space only between words).
chalkboard whiteboard
How many books in a reading center per child? ___ to ___. (Answer with a space only between numbers).
5 8
How Parents Can Stimulate Speaking Abilities
Talk to children ______ and clearly, as you would a ______. Listen when children want to tell you something, and avoid overtly _______ speech errors. (Answer with a space only between words).
naturally friend correcting
What is another word for developmental “reaches” for an infant or child.
Milestone
Suggestions for a print-rich classroom are abundant and depend on an individual teacher’s _________ and _________. Educators can label _________ in the classroom that has a connection to current curriculum and post a picture or photo of the daily routine. (answer with a space only between words).
innovation creativity everything
Teachers find that these visuals are invaluable motivators for many language-related child activities. Some of the most puzzling and outlandish images can get the most attention and discussion.
Picture files
Some educators are concerned that some elementary school children and adolescents have displayed _______ and _______ behaviors and have indulged in computer video game overuse. (Answer with spaces only between words).
obsessive addictive
Parents can build print awareness skills by:
Read family ______ and ______ to children, along with circulars, junk mail, restaurant _____, wrappers and packaging, signs, labels, building identifications, catalogs, brand names, and calendars. (Answer with space only between words).
letters mail menus
Cooing, Babbling, Giggling.
“Almost words” starts to appear during a process called _____ _____ _______.
stages of vocalization
The classroom environment can promote ______ skills in many ways since it provides the reality behind _____ and _____. It also supplies _________ for sensory exploration and increases children’s knowledge of ________. (answer with a space only between words).
language words ideas opportunities relationships
Worthen (2012) reports that some digital _______ for children are designed to stimulate _______ release in the brain. This stimulation encourages a child to keep playing. Some games offer rewards or exciting visuals, so a child’s feelings of ________ are bound to happen. (Answer with a space only between words).
apps dopamine withdraw
Interestingly, ________ _______ use has been found to improve the speech skills of children with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities.
computer program
What kind of talk does Dokoupil say is good to build relationships, creativity, exploration of self-concept, initiative, inquisitiveness, knowledge, grammar, vocabulary, expressive language, social skills, storytelling and literacy, imagination, thinking, and reasoning?
family
The branch of psychology founded by Erik Erikson; development is described in terms of eight stages that span childhood and adulthood.
Psychosocial