Writing Development
Story Time
Speaking & Listening
Environmental Print
Teaching Strategies
100

This is the first stage where children scribble randomly

What is the scribbling stage

100

Teachers ask questions during reading to help children do this
 

What is think and respond

100

Talking and sharing ideas helps build this skill

What is language development

100

This is print children see in everyday life like signs and labels

What is environmental print

100

Using puppets and play helps children learn through this

What is interaction/play

200

Kids try to spell words the way they sound
 

 What is invented spelling

200

This type of story uses pictures instead of some words

 What is a rebus story

200

Singing songs and rhymes helps children learn this

What is vocabulary

200

Seeing your name on your cubby helps you do this

 What is recognize your name

200

Teachers showing how to do something first is called this

What is modeling

300

Writing your own name is an early writing skill

 What is name writing

300

Asking questions during a story helps kids do this

 What is think/talk

300

Listening carefully helps kids do this

 What is understand

300

Logos like McDonald’s help kids learn this
 

What is word recognition

300

Kids use toys and imagination

 What is play

400

This helps kids hold a pencil and write

 What are fine motor skills

400

Talking about the story helps kids understand it better

 What is comprehension

400

Sharing ideas with others helps build this

 What is communication

400

Kids learn words by seeing them again and again

 What is repetition

400

Puppets help kids tell stories

What is pretend play

500

Children begin to use letters they know to represent sounds

 What is invented spelling

500

Teachers read books to children

 What is read aloud

500

Playing with others helps build this
 

 What are social skills

500

Labels in the classroom help kids do this

 What is learn words

500

Acting out stories helps kids do this

What is express ideas