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Language Arts Center
Families and Child Literacy
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Vocabulary
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This type of classroom provides children with environment to promote language skills, in many ways since it provides the reality behind words and ideas.

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What are two things useful for listening centers?

Headphones, cd players, Digital cameras, camcorder, Pocketwall charts

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Who is a child's foremost teacher and model?

Their family

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At what age does a child typically start to respond to their own name?

7-12 months

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What is a milestone?

A significant achievement or point of development that a child should reach by a certain age.

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This classroom feature allows children to give and receive messages from teachers and pears

Message center or classroom bulletin

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Should teachers closely monitor the centers or let them figure things out on their own?

Teachers should be monitoring during centers.

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What is a child's first and most influential school?

Their home

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At what age does a child typically say their first word?

10-14 months

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what is dialect?

Regional or social variety of language is distinguished by pronunciation, grammar, or vocabulary.

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These are often used in play areas to limit the number of children.

Individual child tickets or name cards

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Should Language art centers be quiet or loud?

Quiet

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What do anxious families need from their childcare providers?

Reassurance and encouragement to trust their instincts.

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What is the language of the majority of people in the united states?

English

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what is discriminative listening?

When a child becomes aware of changes in pitch or loudness.

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What key factor makes sure that classroom spaces support literacy and learning for all children?

Physical and emotional comfort.

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What does the ideal language center contain?

Comfortable furnishings, ample work space, proper lighting and screening to block other areas of the classroom.,

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What strategy is recommended to enhance teacher-family relationships

Family by family approach

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what is the primary goal of a read aloud activity?

The construction of meaning that develops in the interactive process between adult and child.

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What is critical listening?

when a child understands, evaluates, makes decisions, and formulates opinions.

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These can be incorporated into games to strengthen early literacy and numeracy skills.

Print and numerals

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What are the 3 main functions of the Language arts center?

Provides looking and listening activities, Gives area for hands on activities, and it provides a place to store materials

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What are the three things at home and school that influence children's literacy?

Setting, models and planned and unplanned events

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What does the infant's act of turning their head and opening their mouth typically mean. 

They are feeling hungry.

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What is the psychosocial theory?

development is described in eight stages spanning from childhood to adulthood.