Print-Rich
Classrooms
Classrooms
In a print-rich classroom, when children see this they accept it as a natural part of their world
This provides looking and listening activities for children, gives children an area for hands on experiences with communication developing materials, and provides a place to store materials
What is the language arts center?
Printscript is used on bulletin boards with these three things
What is objects, pictures, and patterns?
A child's first and most influential school
What is the home?
This is the base teaching of listening and responding in young children and toddlers
What is toddler listening?
They suggest that the first step in creating an effective literacy classroom involves taking an inventory of supplies
Who is Ruetzel and Clark?
They suggest creating an inviting area that easily accommodates five to six children at one time in the language arts center
Who is Barone and Xu?
Block areas and housekeeping do these things for children
What is encourage large amounts of social interaction?
A child's literacy at home and at school are influenced by these three factors
What is setting, models, planned and unplanned events?
This is an action or event that shows the child is meeting a developmental expectation within that child’s age range
What is a milestone?
These things can be used in games, that will increase print in a classroom
What is numerals and symbols?
This can be used to solve space issues in a language arts center
What is lofts or bunks?
This is known to be underused but is very helpful and important in an early childhood classroom
What is the chalkboard or white board?
This grows from family feelings of being respected, accepted, and valued for individual and cultural diversity, and it also grows when staff members are sensitive to family economics
What is developing trust?
This refers to the different stages of emerging speech in infants
What is stages of vocalization?
This study of 265 children from 68 classrooms found a correlation between the level of print in the classroom and children’s writing ability
What is Gerde et al?
This should be a quiet place that is separated from the more vigorous classroom activities and centers
What is a Language arts center?
Using centers in early childhood classrooms promote these things
What is active learning, collaboration, and independence?
These are things schools have developed to ensure communication between parent and teacher
What is classroom mailboxes, parent advisory committees, and parent councils?
This is an adult or caregiver that is responsive to an infant’s sounds, movements, interactions, cries, etc
What is an attuned adult?
Teachers actively encourage children to incorporate the print around them into play and this
What is classroom routines?
This can be used to help children participate in step-by step activities
What is Picture charts and color coded dots?
This person is the supporter, guide, and co-learner while using centers
What is the teacher?
This person suggests that children do better when they are allowed to develop deep passions and pursue them wholeheartedly during childhood
Who is Subotnik?
This is a theory that suggests that a child has eight stages that start in childhood and go all the way into adulthood.
What is Psychosocial Theory?