Print-Rich Classrooms
This practice involves placing words and pictures on objects and areas throughout the classroom.
What is labeling?
A prop that can spark imaginative play and encourage oral language development and storytelling.
What are puppets?
Books should be located at this level with the books' front covers in site.
What is eye level?
A type of relationship between a teacher and families that establishes trust.
What is a partnership?
An adult who demonstrates sensitivity and accuracy in their responses to a child's cues.
What is an attuned adult?
A type of wall display, often containing words to promote new vocabulary.
What is a word wall?
The area of early literacy that is explored through rhyming games and letter sounds.
What is phonics?
A center with materials, such as stickers, markers, stamps, and paper.
What is the writing center?
A child's literacy at home is influenced by three important factors; models, planned and unplanned events, and this.
What is setting?
This nativist believed children are born with an innate knowledge of language.
Who is Noam Chomsky?
These labels, signs, and familiar logos can help connect print to everyday experiences.
What is enivornmental print?
These age-appropriate texts with engaging illustrations are a staple for reading exploration.
What are picture books?
You should do this from time to time with materials in your centers to make them more interesting.
What is rotate them out?
This determines the opportunities and materials that are available to a child at home.
What is family economics?
A type of listening where children find enjoyment, especially in music, stories, and poems.
What is appreciative listening?
Materials like books, labels, and posters feature this: a wide range of cultures, languages, and family backgrounds.
What is diversity?
A type of book with a narrator that children can listen to, learning words, recognition, and reading skills.
What are read-alongs or electronic books?
A center that is quiet where a child uses headphones to learn.
What is a listening center?
This is enhanced when caring adults support and tune into children's feelings and experiences.
What is learning?
This theory includes eight stages that span throughout childhood and adulthood.
What is psychosocial?
Puppets, flannel boards, and language games are these types of materials.
What are speech materials?
An arrangement of pillows, beanbags, and small chairs create an inviting space for children to relax with books.
What is comfortable seating?
Centers should include many of these types of activities to engage the child's whole self.
What is sensory?
Providing these can help ELL families engage with their child's learning and support literacy development at home.
What are multilingual or bilingual materials?
A type of listening that involves connecting sounds with toys, objects, and the environment.
What is toddler listening?