Using Books with Preschoolers Flashcards
Name 4 reasons why books are an effective way to teach language
- Creates a shared experience
- Provides a link between oral and written language
- Language goes beyond the here and now (decontextualized)
- Provides context for a topic
Why are books an effective way to teach language to preschoolers? (3 points)
- They provide choices for language complexity
- Allow for lots of opportunity for language targets
- Use visual information to help maintain/enhance the child’s attention
Children who participate in conversations during book interaction grow in:
- Language skills
- Vocab
- Narratives
- Reading comp
What are the two main intervention themes used in partnership with books and preschoolers?
Literature based intervention
- language targets are built into a story
Theme based intervention
- Activities within individual/group session or class revolves around a story
What are some possible language targets in books?
- Vocabulary (tiered vocab)
- Concepts
- Categorization
- Comparison
- Syntax and morphology skills (sent. structure, grammatical structures and morphemes)
What is considered “higher level” language skills in reference to preschoolers?
- Sequencing
- Prediction
- Cause and effect
- Inferencing, Interpreting implied info
What are some strategies to use when reading a book to preschoolers?
- Slowing down
- Gaze shifting
- Adapting the text to suit your goals
- Engaging the children in conversation
While reading a book to preschoolers, you pause and wait for them to fill in a word or phrase. This is called a
cloze sentence
After you read a book to preschoolers, what are somethings you can do to facilitate comprehension?
- Ask questions about favorite parts of the story
- Sequencing conversations (beginning, middle, and end)
- Relate the book back to the child’s own experiences
