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Childhood -

From the Inside Out:

 

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

 

The Phenomenon of Assimilation

 

Building a Network of Prior Knowledge

 

Secret Brilliance

 

encouraging gifts and talents

 

transferring values to young children

 

embroidered truth

 

physiological memory

 

to our friends in the medical community

early childhood literacy education - a pattern of awareness

 

How young children learn - a practical application

 

Reading with your child

 

The Emergent Reader

 

Mind Mapping and visual thought

 

Developing distance-devotion

 

smart room

smart child

 

i can read

 

a rhyme in time

Multi-Tasking

Part of a modern day dichotomy

"I just came across your website ... I LOVED IT! ... Just wanted to say thank you."

I Can Read

As a child begins to make the transition from oral to written language, he begins to notice the same few words that are in every story. These high-frequency words or sight words include such words as "I, me, a, the."  These sight words are often grouped in lists, by difficulty and grade, to help educators determine the reading level of the child. 

High-frequency words: There are a number of highly respected basic sight word lists.  In the list below, I have included the 25 most frequently identified sight words. Please note that in addition to these, a child will often recognize more difficult words because of the letter pattern (visual discrimination), unusual sound (auditory discrimination), or some other reason.  An example is the word "balloon."  

a all and are as at
be big but can do for
go had he her him I
in is it man me my
not of on one our out
said see she that the this
three to two was we what
when will with yes you your

Click here to Print a page of mini-flash cards in black and white


In order to prepare a young child for Communicative Competence, the following four fundamentals of language must be considered:

  • The sound system (phonology): developed through preschool rhymes, word games, ...
  • The system of meanings (semantic): word definitions and meanings.
  • The rules of word formation (morphology): through a substantial vocabulary.
  • The rules of sentence formation (syntax): sentence patterns, arrangement of words, ...

- From Language Development by B. Power and R. Hubbard, Merrill/Prentice Hall 1996 as adapted from Children's Language Acquisition by M.L. Rice. American Psychologist, 44:2, pp. 149-156. Copyright 1989 by the American Psychological Association.


 

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