Print Rich Classrooms
The Language Arts Center
Planning for Centers
Family Home Connections
Vocabulary
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Helps facilitate early literacy  development, including print concepts, and help students develop a positive attitude towards literacy...

What are the benefits of a print rich classroom?

100

What are the several main functions of a language are center?

What is reading, writing, listening, speaking, viewing and visual representation.

100

What is the purpose of centers in the classrooms?

What is bridging the curriculum's intent with the daily teaching and learning in a classroom. 

100

What 3 important factors influence child literacy at home and school?

What is setting, modules, and planned and unplanned events

100

An action or event marking a
significant change or stage in
development.

What is a Milestone

200

The  early childhood classroom offers materials that?

What is capture attention, motivate play, and build communication skills?

200

Who are congenial, interested companions for the children and can motivate  interest in and use of the center by postings children's work on  the center bulletin board, planning activities, and printing messages that may catch the  children's attention?

What is the teacher's role in language centers?

200

Why is planning important in an early childhood center?

What is to ensure children's learning is effective, making the required progress towards goals, making learning exciting and progressive.

200

Blank, Blank, grows from family  feelings of being respected, accepted and valued for their individual and cultural diversity.

What is developing trust?

200

You are more aware of your
own emotions. The
reactiveness we have to
another person. Aware of
and attentive or responsive
to something.

What is an Attuned Adult

300

When children  incorporate literacy into  their dramatic play...

How does a print rich environment impact behavior? 

300

The ideal language center has?

What are comfortable and soft furnishings with ample work space, proper lighting, and screening to block out other areas of an active classroom.

300

Headsets and taped stories are a good addition to a blank?

What is a reading center?

300

Providing literature  and  a language-rich setting in the home is an example of  how parents can build blank?

What is Print Awareness?

300

Certain activities, whether
organized or unstructured,
your child finds fun and
enjoyable.

What are Baby Games

400

Printed labels posted on doors & windows. Printed signs used to designate the theme or purpose and books and magazines and other printed materials....

What would you expect to  see in print rich classroom environment?

400

Suggestion of creating an inviting area that easily accommodates five to six children at one time.

What was the suggestion from Barone and Xu?

400

What is the best reason to use planning centers in early childhood settings?

What is allowing children time to engage in developmentally appropriate practice activities, well thought out  and planned by the teacher.

400

What are 3 things that can help probe families for input and ideas?

What is seeking feedback from families, connecting families with their child's learning  environment and communicating with families about quality (quality childcare checklist).

400

Active, purposeful listeners
listen to hear and understand
what’s most important to the
speaker.

What is Appreciative Listening

500

Reutzel and Clark (2011) suggest that the first step in creating an effective literacy classroom involves what

What is reading to children, reading with children and  reading by children.

500

True of False, Language arts centers should  be  loud, busy places?

What is  False

500

Slowly but steadily, blank, blank, are becoming standard in 3 & 4 yr. old classrooms, and can offer problem  solving, creative experiences and literacy opportunities.

What  are Computer Centers?

500

Identify one way in which programs and child centers build family-school partnerships?

What is building trust through actions communicating the schools respect toward the families educational values and economic resource levels.

500

One who adheres to the theory
that the minds of children are
blank or unformed and need
educational input or direct
instructions to develop and
output knowledge and
appropriate behavior

What is a Nurturist