Importance of Vocabulary Development in Early Childhood Education
Understanding the crucial role vocabulary plays in a child's development, this content delves into the impact of vocabulary exposure at different ages. It emphasizes the significance of selecting appropriate reading materials, utilizing effective strategies, and fostering language skills early on to enhance a child's vocabulary. Through various stages of early childhood, the content highlights how parent-child interactions and exposure to diverse words influence a child's vocabulary growth.
- Vocabulary development
- Early childhood education
- Parent-child interactions
- Reading strategies
- Language skills
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Understand why vocabulary is important What is our role? Learn how to choose the right book for shared reading Understand how to step up the vocabulary Use the Shoot for the SSTRS strategy During books During conversations & everyday routines
A childs vocabulary at age 2 was influenced by the quantity (number) of words a parent used a year earlier But that s not all ..
A childs vocabulary at age 3 1/2 was also influenced by exposure to a variety of sophisticated words one year earlier .
Vocabulary at 4 years was influenced by talk about things that happened in the past or in the future and explanations one year earlier.
Understood by the child Initial sound in child s repertoire Motivating for child to say Expressed as a gesture Action words (verbs) Occurs throughout the day Target Word Program by Cindy Earle
Wet Cat Table Sleep Mad Dirty (Variety of nouns such a names of people, place, things (toys), verbs that are part of routine, and common descriptors)
Soggy Drenched Exhausted Filthy Furiously Involves a variety of word types (names, actions, descriptors, How words (ending in -ly )
Carnivore Technology Medication Saturated (Geography, Science, History, etc)
High contextualized Exposure to novel words Authentic, familiar routine Motivating
Flexible, practical strategy that can be infused into shared reading and other daily activities and routines in early childhood environments and at home. Developed by the Hanen Center
S-tress the new word S-how what the new word means T-ell what the new word means R-elate the word to the child s experience, knowledge, and other relevant situations S-ay it again, again and again!
Before reading Discuss the word in the introduction Briefly discuss meaning During the reading Pause before and after the word to draw attention to it Change volume Point to illustration and word Example: Lonely, Firefly
After the reading Repeat word during the discussion Refer back to illustrations during discussion
Point to the illustrations Show a picture, prop or object Use facial expressions (sad face to represent lonely) Use actions or dramatic gestures Change how you say the word
Name the words category A firefly is an insect/bug Describe the words meaning Lonely means he is sad because he has no friends
Give specific details A firefly is a beetle with wings and has a light on its body Describe what the word is and what it is not A firefly is not an animal
To the childs experiences To other contexts To other words
Relate with comments & open ended questions Remember when you .. This reminds me of . Do you .? Have you ever ? Can you think of .? Ex: Remember when we went to the butterfly farm?; Can you think of other insects? This reminds me of your first day at school
Drawing on ideas from the child s background knowledge increases the likelihood of the child connecting the new word to old information Make it stick so that it s more easy to remember
Daily routines Creative activities Sensory activities Dramatic play Playtime Science Circle time Ex: Insect hunt in the backyard, model how to use the word lonely, such as bedtime)
