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This document provides guidance on teaching the English alphabet to children with mild intellectual disabilities. It outlines a lesson plan with 5 activities: 1) Singing alphabet songs, 2) Letter matching games, 3) Opening an "alphabet box" each week, 4) Using interdisciplinary learning with each letter, and 5) Eating foods shaped like letters. The plan employs strategies like repetition, visual aids, relating letters to real-world objects, and making it fun.
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Preschool Age
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The Preschool Classroom
A preschool classroom needs to be organized, and the materials need to be accessible to all children,
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The classroom should be divided into centers that are labeled so the children will associate the word with the activity.
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Diverse Population
Read books that contain diverse characters
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Developmental Activities for Preschoolers
Make a scrapbook of favorite or familiar things by cutting out pictures. Group them into categories, such as things to ride on, things to eat, things for dessert, fruits, things to play with. Create silly pictures by mixing and matching pictures. Glue a picture of a dog behind the wheel of a car. Talk about what is wrong with the picture and ways to "fix" it. Count items pictured in the book.
Read to the child. Sometimes "reading" is simply describing the pictures in a book without following the written words. Choose books that are sturdy and have large colorful pictures that are not too detailed. Ask your child, "What's this?" and encourage naming and pointing to familiar objects in the book. Sing simple songs and recite nursery rhymes to show the rhythm and pattern of speech. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 150,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientist.
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Ashley Covington, Cassandra Fredrick, David Gould, Shannon Kline, & April Underwood
Preschool Age
Preschool boys and girls are between the ages of 2 to five years old. They are very active and curious.
The Preschool Classroom
A preschool classroom needs to be organized, and the materials need to be accessible to all children,
Safety is the number one priority when it comes to preschoolers.
The furniture needs to be oversized and cushy.
The classroom should be divided into centers that are labeled so the children will associate the word with the activity.
All centers need to be visually accessible
Preschool Centers
Preschools need a classroom that is inviting and safe for the children to explore. It need to be spacious and provides a lot of room for them to explore.
Diverse Population
Read books that contain diverse characters
Look at magazines and photos that contain different cultures
Play games and use dolls that are of different diversities
Watch shows or videos that feature diverse population
Allow guest speakers to come in and share with the students
Talk and introduce about other languages
Teach about Geography
Make different foods for them to try
Play dress up to different customs
Decorate your room to incorporate diversity
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We as teachers and most of all parents, must never assume that a child is a certain age is just like everyone else. If you are a parent and are concerned about your child’s development, speak to the teacher and also consult with your child’s primary care provider.
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teacher once told me, “Don’t use a 50-cent
word when a 5-cent word will do.”
While current expression of such senti-
ments might differ, we commonly follow this
practice in many early childhood classrooms.
Adults often use simple words instead of complex words
when talking to young children. Reasons vary from teach-
ers’ beliefs that young children cannot understand sophis-
ticated vocabulary because they are too young or have
limited language skills, to teachers’ unfamiliarity with com-
plex words or with strategies for supporting vocabulary.
As a consequence, sophisticated vocabulary learning is
thwarted and opportunities to nurture children’s curios-
ity about words go unrealized. In this article, I show how
to fortify the vocabulary knowledge of soon-to-be readers
with sophisticated vocabulary—words that are high level,
communicate subtleties in detail, and are less common in
everyday parlance (sometimes called rare words).
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Molly F. Collins, EdD, is a lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, in Nash-
ville. Molly’s teaching and research focus on children’s vocabulary acquisition and story comprehension, and on instructional quality
in preschool. She is the coauthor with Judith A. Schickedanz of the 2012 NAEYC book So Much More Than the ABCs. [email protected]
vanderbilt.edu
Molly F. Collins
Young Children • November 2012 67
Early language foundations for reading
development
Research on the early foundations of reading distin-
guishes two categories of skills—one related to word recog-
nition and the other related to comprehension. Print knowl-
edge, beginning writing skills, and phonological awareness
have been grouped together as word recognition skills
because they help children decode text. These code-related
skills account for most of a child’s success in word recog-
nition, the major task of beginning reading. Vocabulary,
syntactic and discourse skills, and background knowledge
have been grouped together as oral language or comprehen-
sion skills (Storch & Whitehurst 2002; Sénéchal, Ouellette, &
Rodney 2006). Developed in preschool, oral language skills
predict later reading comprehension beyond the contribu-
tion made by word recognition skills in the early grades
(NICHD Early Child Care Research Network 2005).
Vocabulary is highly sensitive to early adult input and
critical to preventing later reading comprehension difficul-
ties (Dickinson et al. 2003). Also, vocabulary is causally
related—that is, it helps reading comprehension (Dickinson
et al. 2003)—and it is highly correlated with the rate of
learning new words (Hart & Risley 1995). Thus, a meager
beginning vocabulary slows the rate of vocabulary learning,
which compromises reading comprehension. .
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The Preschool Classroom
A preschool classroom needs to be organized, and the materials need to be accessible to all children,
Safety is the number one priority when it comes to preschoolers.
The furniture needs to be oversized and cushy.
The classroom should be divided into centers that are labeled so the children will associate the word with the activity.
All centers need to be visually accessible
Preschool Centers
Preschools need a classroom that is inviting and safe for the children to explore. It need to be spacious and provides a lot of room for them to explore.
Diverse Population
Read books that contain diverse characters
Look at magazines and photos that contain different cultures
Play games and use dolls that are of different diversities
Watch shows or videos that feature diverse population
Allow guest speakers to come in and share with the students
Talk and introduce about other languages
Teach about Geography
Make different foods for them to try
Play dress up to different customs
Decorate your room to incorporate diversity
Language Development
We as teachers and most of all parents, must never assume that a child is a certain age is just like everyone else. If you are a parent and are concerned about your child’s development, speak to the teacher and also consult with your child’s primary care provider.
Developmental Activities for Preschoolers
Make a scrapbook of favorite or familiar things by cutting out pictures. Group them into categories, such as things to ride on, things to eat, things for dessert, fruits, things to play with. Create silly pictures by mixing and matching pictures. Glue a picture of a dog behind the wheel of a car. Talk about what is wrong with the picture and ways to "fix" it. Count items pictured in the book.
Read to the child. Sometimes "reading" is simply describing the pictures in a book without following the written words. Choose books that are sturdy and have large colorful pictures that are not too detailed. Ask your child, "What's this?" and encourage naming and pointing to familiar objects in the book. Sing simple songs and recite nursery rhymes to show the rhythm and pattern of speech. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 150,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientist.
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Preschool boys and girls are between the ages of 2 to five years old. They are very active and curious.
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A preschool classroom needs to be organized, and the materials need to be accessible to all children,
Safety is the number one priority when it comes to preschoolers.
The furniture needs to be oversized and cushy.
The classroom should be divided into centers that are labeled so the children will associate the word with the activity.
All centers need to be visually accessible
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Preschools need a classroom that is inviting and safe for the children to explore. It need to be spacious and provides a lot of room for them to explore.
Diverse Population
Read books that contain diverse characters
Look at magazines and photos that contain different cultures
Play games and use dolls that are of different diversities
Watch shows or videos that feature diverse population
Allow guest speakers to come in and share with the students
Talk and introduce about other languages
Teach about Geography
Make different foods for them to try
Play dress up to different customs
Decorate your room to incorporate diversity
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We as teachers and most of all parents, must never assume that a child is a certain age is just like everyone else. If you are a parent and are concerned about your child’s development, speak to the teacher and also consult with your child’s primary care provider.
Developmental Activities for Preschoolers
Make a scrapbook of favorite or familiar things by cutting out pictures. Group them into categories, such as things to ride on, things to eat, things for dessert, fruits, things to play with. Create silly pictures by mixing and matching pictures. Glue a picture of a dog behind the wheel of a car. Talk about what is wrong with the picture and ways to "fix" it. Count items pictured in the book.
Read to the child. Sometimes "reading" is simply describing the pictures in a book without following the written words. Choose books that are sturdy and have large colorful pictures that are not too detailed. Ask your child, "What's this?" and encourage naming and pointing to familiar objects in the book. Sing simple songs and recite nursery rhymes to show the rhythm and pattern of speech. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the professional, scientific, and credentialing association for more than 150,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists, speech-language pathologists and speech, language, and hearing scientist.
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The document describes the Pink, Blue, and Green word series used in Montessori education to teach reading and writing in English. The Pink series uses CVC words to teach short vowel sounds. The Blue series introduces consonant blends. The Green series incorporates more complex phonetic combinations like vowel digraphs to help students master inconsistencies in English. Moving through each series in order helps students learn phonics and read fluently.
66 Young Children • November 2012© Susan Woo.docx
66 Young Children • November 2012
©
S
us
an
W
oo
g
W
ag
ne
r
®
2, 3
A
teacher once told me, “Don’t use a 50-cent
word when a 5-cent word will do.”
While current expression of such senti-
ments might differ, we commonly follow this
practice in many early childhood classrooms.
Adults often use simple words instead of complex words
when talking to young children. Reasons vary from teach-
ers’ beliefs that young children cannot understand sophis-
ticated vocabulary because they are too young or have
limited language skills, to teachers’ unfamiliarity with com-
plex words or with strategies for supporting vocabulary.
As a consequence, sophisticated vocabulary learning is
thwarted and opportunities to nurture children’s curios-
ity about words go unrealized. In this article, I show how
to fortify the vocabulary knowledge of soon-to-be readers
with sophisticated vocabulary—words that are high level,
communicate subtleties in detail, and are less common in
everyday parlance (sometimes called rare words).
Sagacious, Sophisticated, and Sedulous
The Importance of Discussing
50-Cent Words
with Preschoolers
Molly F. Collins, EdD, is a lecturer in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Peabody College, Vanderbilt University, in Nash-
ville. Molly’s teaching and research focus on children’s vocabulary acquisition and story comprehension, and on instructional quality
in preschool. She is the coauthor with Judith A. Schickedanz of the 2012 NAEYC book So Much More Than the ABCs. [email protected]
vanderbilt.edu
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development
Research on the early foundations of reading distin-
guishes two categories of skills—one related to word recog-
nition and the other related to comprehension. Print knowl-
edge, beginning writing skills, and phonological awareness
have been grouped together as word recognition skills
because they help children decode text. These code-related
skills account for most of a child’s success in word recog-
nition, the major task of beginning reading. Vocabulary,
syntactic and discourse skills, and background knowledge
have been grouped together as oral language or comprehen-
sion skills (Storch & Whitehurst 2002; Sénéchal, Ouellette, &
Rodney 2006). Developed in preschool, oral language skills
predict later reading comprehension beyond the contribu-
tion made by word recognition skills in the early grades
(NICHD Early Child Care Research Network 2005).
Vocabulary is highly sensitive to early adult input and
critical to preventing later reading comprehension difficul-
ties (Dickinson et al. 2003). Also, vocabulary is causally
related—that is, it helps reading comprehension (Dickinson
et al. 2003)—and it is highly correlated with the rate of
learning new words (Hart & Risley 1995). Thus, a meager
beginning vocabulary slows the rate of vocabulary learning,
which compromises reading comprehension. .
#L1 acquisition
Children acquire language in predictable stages regardless of location or language. There are pre-linguistic, one-word, two-word, and telegraphic stages where children's utterances become more complex as their vocabulary and grammar develop. Theories suggest children's early language serves practical, social, and learning purposes rather than just labeling objects. Children master grammar structures like pluralization before structures like past tense as they progress toward fluent language use by age 5.
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This document provides information on developing early literacy skills in young children. It discusses how hands-on experiences and play are crucial for building the foundation needed for reading. During the ages of 0-3, brain development occurs rapidly through interactions with caring adults. Reading aloud together, talking, singing, writing and playing are highlighted as key ways to develop skills like print motivation, phonological awareness, vocabulary and narrative skills. The document emphasizes that symbolic thought and reading comprehension are built upon a base of concrete, sensory experiences. It encourages caregivers to incorporate literacy-rich activities into everyday routines and play to help children's brains form connections for future school success.
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Importance of Reading to Young Children
Language skills.
The language used by the parents to the children tend to be repetitive and limited to vocabularies which are employed daily in addressing them. Thus, when the parents or the instructors read for the children, they enable them to have access to new vocabularies different from topics which comprise of more words and phrases which they do not hear on a daily basis. It also allows to learn new languages and develop the fluency when speaking.
Children lack the reading skills and therefore, it necessary to guide them. By that, the children will be able to achieve the following skills.
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Importance of Reading to Young Children
Improves cognitive abilities
Memory/Long-Term- enables a child to access stored information
Visual Processing- allows children to think in visual images
Improves concentration
Attention/Sustained- helps children stay focused
Attention/Selective- helps children ignore distractions
1. Reading exposes the child to various brain exercises. These activities provoke their brains and thus making them start thinking and understanding things from a broad point of view and develop their way of reasoning (Kalb, 2014).
2. Reading to young children on a daily basis enables them to sit still for long periods, and this will be beneficial as they join school. Usually a child is distracted easily by their surrounding.
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Benefits of Reading to Young Children
It develops the child’s imagination and creativity
Helping your child to become creative opens their minds up for great possibilities
Reading is a form of entertainment.
Have one or two nights a week for reading then make up games to go along with the story
It builds strong relationship between the parent and the child.
When parent spends time by his/her child bedside reading a book, this creates a bond between the them. Building a bond can help children grow emotionally.
1. When the parents read to their children, they provoke their mind to think about the characters, the setting to understand the flow of the story. Through that, the children are able to improve the way they choose ideas and think or imagine.
2. For instance, when reading comic books they present funny events which make the children enjoy the story and even respond to questions.
3. Sitting down with you child at the end of the day to read, helps both the parent and the child unwind and relax.
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Resources for Story/Music Time
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2) Reading readiness is defined as the time when a child transitions from non-reader to reader. It involves tasks like running a finger under text as it is read to children.
3) Key emergent literacy skills include recognizing some letters and sight words, but having little phonemic awareness or concept of words. Left to right progression and top to bottom directionality is also important.
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3. The acquisition of different aspects of language like phonology, semantics, morphology and syntax follows similar developmental patterns across cultures.
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Importance of Reading to Young Children
Language skills.
The language used by the parents to the children tend to be repetitive and limited to vocabularies which are employed daily in addressing them. Thus, when the parents or the instructors read for the children, they enable them to have access to new vocabularies different from topics which comprise of more words and phrases which they do not hear on a daily basis. It also allows to learn new languages and develop the fluency when speaking.
Children lack the reading skills and therefore, it necessary to guide them. By that, the children will be able to achieve the following skills.
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Importance of Reading to Young Children
Improves cognitive abilities
Memory/Long-Term- enables a child to access stored information
Visual Processing- allows children to think in visual images
Improves concentration
Attention/Sustained- helps children stay focused
Attention/Selective- helps children ignore distractions
1. Reading exposes the child to various brain exercises. These activities provoke their brains and thus making them start thinking and understanding things from a broad point of view and develop their way of reasoning (Kalb, 2014).
2. Reading to young children on a daily basis enables them to sit still for long periods, and this will be beneficial as they join school. Usually a child is distracted easily by their surrounding.
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Benefits of Reading to Young Children
It develops the child’s imagination and creativity
Helping your child to become creative opens their minds up for great possibilities
Reading is a form of entertainment.
Have one or two nights a week for reading then make up games to go along with the story
It builds strong relationship between the parent and the child.
When parent spends time by his/her child bedside reading a book, this creates a bond between the them. Building a bond can help children grow emotionally.
1. When the parents read to their children, they provoke their mind to think about the characters, the setting to understand the flow of the story. Through that, the children are able to improve the way they choose ideas and think or imagine.
2. For instance, when reading comic books they present funny events which make the children enjoy the story and even respond to questions.
3. Sitting down with you child at the end of the day to read, helps both the parent and the child unwind and relax.
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Resources for Story/Music Time
Films
There are various films performed purposely targeting the children. They present funny stories, entertaining events, and music for preschoolers. The movie can be a source of stories and music times that are recited to the children.
Linguistic books/novels
Reading of the linguistic books to children help them learn about their native language quickly. This will enable the children to unde.
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language assessment (icws) for childrens
- 1. D E R B Y S H I R E L A N G U A G E S C H E M E A N D L A N G U A G E S T E P S I C W S B L A N K , R O S E A N D B E R L I N Language Assessment
- 2. Information Carrying Words (ICWs) The concept of Information Carrying Words (ICWs) was devised by Knowles and Massidlover (1978) and underpins the Derbyshire Language Scheme and Language Steps (Amanda Armstrong, Stass Publications).
- 3. Number of ICWs understood Age equivalent 2 2 years 3 3 years 4 4 years
- 4. Children lets stop playing now, tidy up and go inside to the quiet room for a very special story” Information Carrying Words (ICWs)
- 6. Vocabulary Object names (Nouns) Action names (Verbs) Adjectives (Adjectives) Requires semantic (meanings) and phonological (sounds) knowledge
- 7. Vocabulary size at age 6 = 2 500 – 5 000 Learn 8 new words/day from 18mths – 6 yrs Storage Word meanings Sounds in words Associated information Vocabulary size has been directly linked to reading comprehension
- 8. Concepts •Words that describe a characteristic (e.g. colour, size, shape) time (e.g. before, first, yesterday) position (e.g. over, under) Difficult as they’re abstract and meaning can change
- 9. Lots of relevant, multi sensory experiences in lots of contexts with lots of repetition Told words as s/he experiences what they mean Use concept check list One at a time Need to use it
- 10. 0 ICWs No choice. The child has something, an adult gestures to ‘come here’ or points to the item and says ‘Give me that’ Only dolly available on the table and adult says ‘Give me dolly’ or ‘Show me dolly’
- 11. One ICWs This is where there is only one word in a phrase or short sentence which the child has to understand to follow an instruction. “Pass me the scissors” when there is a choice of scissors, pencils and paper “Where’s the book?” when there is a choice of book, key and monkey “Wash dolly?” when there is a choice of washing dolly or teddy “Where’s your nose?” when there is a choice of other body parts If there is a choice of dolly and a brush, then saying ‘Brush dolly’s hair’ contains no key words because there are no alternative choices and ‘brush’ is the natural thing to do.
- 12. This is where there are two words in a sentence that have to be understood for the child to follow the instruction accurately. ‘Put teddy on the chair’ when there is a choice of teddy or dolly and chair or table Two ICWs
- 13. Wash teddy’s ears’ when there is a choice of teddy or dolly and a range of body parts (ear, feet, face, nose etc)
- 14. Three ICWs At a three key word level you can start to introduce concepts such as ‘under’ and ‘big/little’. ‘Put big cat in the car’ when there is a choice of a big cat, a small cat, a big dog and a small dog, a car and a boat ‘Give Lucy the small crayon’ with a choice of Lucy or Kate, a small and big crayon and a small and big felt tip
- 15. Four ICWs At a four key word level you can introduce colours and more complex position words such as ‘behind’ and ‘next to’. ‘Give Alice the big red brick’ with a choice of Alice or Matthew, and red/blue/yellow bricks and cars which are big and small ‘Put Sponge Bob in the box and Barbie in the house’, where there is a choice of Sponge Bob/Barbie/cow/Bagpuss and box/house/basket ‘Put the car behind the big tree’ with a choice of car/lorry, big/small tree, big/small house and different options for position (e.g. behind/next to/on).
- 16. BLANK LEVELS Level 1 Little language processing required/direct matching of language to perception/activity Level 2 Child begins to focus on parts of what is before them. (Language development – concepts, object function, organisation of vocabulary)
- 17. Level 3 Child uses material to help organise language to provide an appropriate response. (Language development – narrative skills, understanding of emotions) Level 4 The materials provide the stimulus for the discussion. At this level they start to problem solve. Only 60% of 5 year olds can cope with level 4 questions
- 18. Label “What’s is this?” Locate “Where’s the mouse?” Level I Concrete Language
- 19. Level II Characteristics Describe Talk about: shape size colour Finish the phrase “Where was the mouse going?” “What was the wood like?”
- 20. Level III More Abstract Information is based on materials but not explicit Recall Make judgements Predict “What will happen next?” “How does the owl feel now?” “Tell me about the story”
- 21. Level IV Most Abstract Explaining/ Why “Why did the gruffalo run away?” Reasoning/Inferencing “Why does the mouse want to scare the gruffalo”
- 22. Age Level I Level II Level III Level IV 3 years 95% 35% 30% 30% 4 years 95% 60% 60% 50% 5 years 95% 75% 70% 60%
- 24. Language learning does not happen in isolation, it takes place within meaningful everyday interactions with adults and peers.