Direct and Indirect Language Stimulation Techniques
Caregiver adds new information but does not repeat the utterance (e.g. child: “my dog is barking”; adult: “my dog is running”).
What is extension?
Children play together in organized games with a common goal.
What is cooperative play?
“What is your favorite food?” is an example of this type of question.
What is a closed-ended question?
This is one component of emergent literacy (Name one)
What is print motivation, print awareness, letter knowledge, phonological awareness, narrative skills, vocabulary, or oral language?
This level of prompting includes labeling objects, asking about their features, and talking about what they do.
What is a Level 1 Prompt?
The caregiver uses short sentences to describe her own activity while playing with the child.
What is self-talk?
Children interact and play together loosely without an overall plan.
What is associative play?
This type of prompt, which requires the student to apply what they have learned to their own experiences, is more difficult than other prompts in dialogic reading.
What is a distancing prompt?
What are the two acronyms used in dialogic reading?
PEER and CROWD
This level of prompting is used when introducing new vocabulary during a picture walk.
What is a Level 1 Prompt?
The caregiver uses short phrases to describe what the child is doing during play activities.
What is parallel talk?
Playing on their own, ignoring other children playing around them.
What is solitary play?
When observing a child walking, running, or jumping, you are observing this kind of motor skill
What is gross motor?
Recognizing the “P” in a “Pizza Hut” sign is an example of _____.
What is letter knowledge?
This level of prompting encourages children to use new vocabulary in phrases or sentences, with open-ended questions and expansions.
What is a Level 2 prompt?
The caregiver imitates the child’s word(s) and expands on the utterance (e.g. child: “car”; adult: “push the car”).
What is expansion?
Children play amongst a group of others but without direct interaction.
What is parallel play?
This question type facilitates language development.
What is an open-ended question?
Name one thing to consider when choosing books for children.
What is age-appropriate content, colorful, engaging illustrations, or predictable text/repetition?
This is an example of a prompt where the reader asks, “Tell me about when you went to the park like in the story.”
What is a Level 3 Prompt?
The caregiver responds to the child’s utterance using correct grammar (e.g. child: “puppy eat”; adult: “The puppy is eating”).
What is recast?
Children are looking at other children playing around them.
What is onlooker play?
When observing how a child strings beads, you are evaluating this kind of motor skill.
What is fine motor?
These are three ways you incorporate print referencing in each dialogic reading session. (Think of three components of the book)
Front of the book, back of the book, spine of the book
This level of prompting helps children connect story ideas to their own lives, showing they can generalize new vocabulary.
What is a Level 3 Prompt?