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Early Childhood Literature and Language Final Exam - Flashcards

Q: âThe reading of picture books to children younger than one year of age

âmay create positive or negative attitudes about book reading.

Q: Identify the mother who would best promote her infant\'s language growth.â

âone who was confident in her infant\'s abilities, watchful, warm, and responsive

Q: Infants react to the speech sounds they hear and

âdecode and divide them into abstract categories.

Q: âPragmatics involve

toddlers\' use of social speech conventions.

Q: âIt is best to say the following to a toddler when you want him to go to the snack table

\"It is time to finish and have a snack. It\'s snack time.\"

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Probably the most critical area of an infant's life that affects language growth is

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emotional relationships and attachment.

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The number of brain synapses is believed to peak at

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24 to 36 months.

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The reading of picture books to children younger than one year of age

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may create positive or negative attitudes about book reading.

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Identify the mother who would best promote her infant's language growth.

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one who was confident in her infant's abilities, watchful, warm, and responsive

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A newborn's auditory system

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is better developed than his sight system.

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By the last half of an infant's first year, he reaches the milestone of

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sharing attention given to objects with another person.

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Highly repetitive and simplified "parentese" is

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inappropriate in some cultures

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Infants react to the speech sounds they hear and

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decode and divide them into abstract categories.

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The best distance between a care giver and an infant during face-to-face imitation games is

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between 8 and 12 inches.

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The critical time to diagnose and treat hearing impairment so that the child's speech develops normally is at

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six months of age.

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A toddler who calls a melon a ball is displaying

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knowledge of balls.

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Which of the following is a useful pivot word?

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where

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When using a block as a baby bottle, the toddler is engaging in

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symbolic play.

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The toddler who uses the word no in speech is

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may be testing to see if there is a choice.

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Syntax involves

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rules and word order.

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Phonology is connected to

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the sounds of speech.

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If you were planning a toddler story time with a group of 12 toddlers,

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invite their mothers

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Pragmatics involve

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toddlers' use of social speech conventions.

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It is best to say the following to a toddler when you want him to go to the snack table

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"It is time to finish and have a snack. It's snack time."

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The smallest unit of speech that distinguishes one utterance from another is called a

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phoneme.

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A good way to promote the learning of new skills is to

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make sure the child has a degree of success.

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A consonant can be described as

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both a speech sound and a characteristic of some alphabet letters.

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At three years of age, most children can

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monologue and dialogue.

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Most preschoolers can produce

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all the vowel sounds.

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Preschool playmate friendships become

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more fixed and stable with age.

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Preschoolers use self talk to

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direct their actions.

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The best thing about using impact words a preschooler may find is

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it can cause an uproar or gain attention.

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The wind blows the door shut, and the children insist another teacher or a mother closed the door. This is an example of children

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making an inference.

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Use of the word aminal displays

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substituting sounds

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When preschoolers first begin to imitate the actions of others, their play will probably involve

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things seen at home

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Literacy skills are

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interrelated.

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The theme approach to instruction

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usually involves a classroom transformation.

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A major goal when considering social and cultural language goals is

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that children see the value of language and literacy in their lives.

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Scaffolding, a teacher technique, is a teacher skill that requires a thoughtful teacher decision about

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the kind of comments that will suit a particular child.

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Teachers who are playful interactors and fun-loving companions

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exhibit an enthusiasm for life and the company of children.

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When a child says "He gimme dat," the teacher should

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accept and respond.

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When it comes to listening to children, teachers should listen

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intimately and closely.

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Early childhood teachers are models, providers, and teachers who interact as well as detectives and researchers trying to understand children's literacy behaviors.

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True

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It is easier to converse with quiet children than with the more talkative ones.

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False

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Most often there is a reciprocal opportunity available to teachers when children speak to them.

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True

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The four areas of language arts should be taught separately from each other.

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False

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Reading and writing are

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written forms of communication

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According to the PowerPoint, the two communication skills that are usually learned first are

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listening and speaking

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Every planned preschool activity involves language in some way.

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True

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A language arts curriculum model is an overall plan for the content of instruction to be offered.

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False

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Discriminating between sounds to determine their pitch, intensity and tempo in a teacher planned activity is planned to increase a child's

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auditory perception skill.

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One way for a teacher to gauge whether a small group of children is listening to what is going on is to

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pan the group with her eyes for signs.

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Phillipe needs to stop pushing. One technique a teacher can use is to

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say his name and state what is expected.

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Probably the best thing a teacher can do to give a child the idea that teacher is listening to what the child is saying is to

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get down to the child's eye level and look in his eyes.

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Some experts believe that phonological development progresses in stages; these are

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awareness of words, then word parts, then knowing syllables have sounds.

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The ability to blend phonemes

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helps children decode words.

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The highest grade level of information that a child understands when it is read to the child is the child's

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listening comprehension level.

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The use of preschool listening games is

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a method of instruction.

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When it comes to children's phonemic awareness skill,

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the majority of children develop it without direct instruction.

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Which of the following typifies good listening skill?

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watching a speaker's face

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A child who makes a big clay dog after hearing the picture book Clifford the Big Red Dog

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may be symbolizing the experience.

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A collection of picture books that may help children with life problems, pain, and strong emotions is called a

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bibliotherapy collection.

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A picture book dealing with how plants change sunlight into food is

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nonfiction.

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Books with talking animals

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may confuse children if they cannot identify with the animals' message.

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Children from _____________ families are more dependent on school for their progress in literacy development.

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low - income

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Early American literature (1700s) for young children was

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often full of moral and spiritual themes

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Educators investigate whether the illustrations in a picture book

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support the story.

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Picture books dealing with the reality of young children's lives were published in quantity in

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from 1970 to 2000.

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The genre of a book refers to

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its category such as form or content.

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When a teacher says, "Charlette, you have a pet," at story time, he is probably trying to

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relate the story to the children's lives.

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"The clock said the words one, two, three" is an example of

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personification.

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A poem that does not rhyme is called

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free verse.

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A poet may use a device called ____ to attract child attention.

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onomatopoeia.

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Beginning child storytellers

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often tell a series of unrelated events.

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Mother Goose poems typically have

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strong rhythm and cadence.

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One's opening phrase in storytelling should

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transport listeners from conversational speech to the other-world of story.

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Poetry often builds its unique rhythm

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through accented syllables.

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Preschoolers may get the idea while telling their own stories that they can

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alter or influence audience feelings.

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A fable often teaches a moral.

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True

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Researchers agree that illustrations, drawings, or photographs should accompany storytelling because the benefit is greater for children compared to storytelling without visuals.

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False

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A child's ability to recognize rhyming words can be linked to early ready ability.

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True

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Mother Goose poetry is out of date for today's young children.

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false

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Alliteration is the repetition of ending consonant sounds.

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False

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A teacher trying to promote story comprehension after a storytelling session would ask which of the following questions?

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Could the story have a different ending?"

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Giving teapots life in poetry is an example of

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personification.

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Dramatizing and playacting engages language skills in children by

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remembering sequencing of events, listening, and learning speech lines.

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Educators aware of brain-based learning strategies suggest that when presenting flannel board activities one should remember that

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story pieces should be colorful and contrast with a background.

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Flannel board pieces made of colorful felt may get wrinkled or squeezed with heavy child use and can be restored with a

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warm iron.

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Flannel board set pieces made for child use are

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vehicles children use to relive their experiences.

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In telling a flannel board story, the teacher might

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use a funny voice. memorize lines. use sounds or noises when they are part of the story. all of these answers.

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One can use ____ to create a flannel board set.

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a picture book

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Playacting promotes

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confidence and creativity. development of self-expression.

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Puppets can be

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used to relive and imitate experiences. constructed by children. challenging because of the need to coordinate speech and movement.

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The best type of board surface material is

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fuzzy

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Types of flannel board activities that can be presented to preschoolers include

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stories and songs. non-fiction ones. math and science ones.

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A dramatic play kit for a classroom "supermarket" would include

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play money, empty food cartons, play grocery cart.

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Although there have been teacher efforts to enhance children's dramatic play skills, teachers are urged to

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remain in the background unless child problems or safety is in question.

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Building an imaginary playground and describing it is an example of a preschooler who

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is using discourse skills.

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Child costumes for dramatic play should

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have manageable snaps and elastic.

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Experts urge teachers to be

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users of "authentic" speech interactions. verbally appreciative of children's persistence at tasks. verbally responsive to children's solutions to problems.

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If a teacher wants to correct child speech

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they repeat what was said by saying it back correctly without undue attention.

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Maria has brought an expensive, fragile, antique doll for show-and-tell. The teacher should

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ask that children only look at the doll and then store it out of reach.

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Seasoned teachers listen for

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content and ideas.

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Teachers usually ask more of this type of question even if it is not recommended

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recall

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The importance of the young child's conversing with family members in daily conversations probably can't

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be matched by any other family activity.

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A feature of African-American English speakers is

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extreme reduction of final consonants.

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A truly bilingual child speaks

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two languages with some degree of proficiency.

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Early childhood educators rarely correct a young child's language errors because they

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are more concerned with meaning and intent.

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Many children who are enrolled in special speech and language treatment programs in lower elementary school

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have a history of middle ear infection

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Otitis media may affect an infant's ability to

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babble

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Speech that is spoken rapidly and seems incomplete or jerky, slurred, spoken in bursts, and difficult to understand may be defined as

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cluttered speech.

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The "multiple literacies" that young children who live in cultures different from the American mainstream culture experience can

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prove to be advantageous and promote literacy skill development.

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At circle times, teacher will notice

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differences in children's ability to focus and attend.

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Chants contain

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rhythmic word patterns.

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If a group time is stretching too long, the teacher may

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ask the children to move their whole body in some fun rather than exciting way before continuing for a few minutes more.

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If circle time goes badly, it may be because

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the setting was responsible. the teacher failed to observe certain child behaviors.

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If conducting a group with 2 and 3 year olds their group participation may depend on

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their feelings of trust and security.

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Most kindergarten teachers desire entering children ........ ?

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to know how to use self control.

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"Stand if you had orange juice for breakfast and move to the door" is a

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transition statement

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When learning a finger play, children usually learn the ____ first.

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actions or words

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A rebus chart has

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pictures and print.

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Alphabet letters and numerals both are

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representative symbols.

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Considering physical growth, preschoolers' printing attempts can be described as

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facilitated by large-muscle development.

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The ability to notice and use critical features of graphic symbols in a written language is called

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orthographic awareness.

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The early childhood educator who is remembered for designing many teaching aids to promote printing in preschoolers through the child's sense of touch was

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Montessori.

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The speed and accuracy that individual children display in naming alphabet letters is called

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fluency

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When children do print alphabet letters, among the easiest to print are

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O and L

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When left-handed children are using writing tools, teachers

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accept the child's hand preference

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Working with preschoolers in a developmentally appropriate fashion to promote language arts involves a lot of

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spontaneous and incidental teaching.

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Young children approach the act of writing

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as explorers

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A child's oral vocabulary is closely related to

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reading comprehension and ease in learning to read.

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Children with many experiences with stories

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tend to know stories have predictable segments and features.

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Children's progress in elementary school is tied to

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their ability to read.

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If you ask a young child to give you a red ball and he brings a blue one, the child does not possess the word red in his

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oral vocabulary.

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The best predictor of a child's first year reading achievement is

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a preschooler's alphabet letter knowledge.

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The language arts are

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interrelated and interdependent.

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The size of a child's reading vocabulary refers to

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words he recognizes in print.

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Those who study research usually recommend that early literacy instruction in a preschool should concentrate on

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phonemic awareness, comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.

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Today the field of reading instruction seems to lack consensus concerning

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best practices for teaching reading.

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Transitional kindergartens have developed to

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increase language skills over the summer.

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Chalkboards in preschool classrooms

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can provide clever and creative language-related activities.

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Display areas are

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important instructional areas.

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Families can usually have more educationally pertinent conversations with their children than teachers because

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their background experiences are more common.

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Family members who read to young children should

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talk about what the illustrations tell them.

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If television viewing in a preschooler's home takes place, parents are urged to

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both discuss it and monitor programs for appropriateness and quality.

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It is likely that a preschooler who learns to read early

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will enjoy playing outdoors, as do other children and will watch less television than other children

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One way to encourage reading in the home is to

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plan a family reading time.

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One welcomed edition to a language center might be

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printscript strips with children's and staff's names.

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Selecting computer programs involves screening for

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violence. child control of pace and action. its ability to be used by one child or more.

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The text suggested families might

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make up chants for boring household jobs. take family photos and label them with their children. sing songs with rhyming words.

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Computers do not really offer young children creative opportunities.

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false

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Block areas generate large amounts of child communication.

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true

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Displays should be at adult's eye level if possible.

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false

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Adult readers of picture books should mention an author's name but not an illustrator's name.

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false

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Educators need to be careful about always talking about families that consist of both moms and dads.

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true

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