Exam 15: Reading and Preschoolers

Oral vocabulary,sight vocabulary,and receptive vocabulary all refer to the same skill.

Most early childhood educators are

Literature that focuses on play with sounds helps children develop phonemic awareness.

Formal reading instruction for preschoolers

The earlier a child learns to read the better.

Sending or receiving written messages

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

Teachers urge children who begin reading words to guess at what a word says.

A number of parents want reading skills taught during preschool years.

Some educators believe a child's ability to write his name is a predictive characteristic for easily learning to read.

Children with many experiences with stories

It is estimated that approximately 10 percent of all children have difficulty learning to read while the rest learn easily.

The language arts are

Children's progress in elementary school is tied to

Reading methods come and go and are somewhat like clothing fads.

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

What life or environmental factors put a child at-risk for learning to read with ease?

Reading methods vary

Preschoolers' ability to discriminate phonemes when they hear them has little to do with early reading ability.

One would judge a center to be quality if it teaches 3 and 4 year olds to read.