Reading to Children

Reading to babies is important to development.

• True

• False

Children who are read to in the first five years of life have a 1.4 million word advantage over children who are not read to at home.

• True

• False

Reading books aloud to children stimulates their imagination and expands their understanding of the world

• True

• False

Which term means the ability to read and write?

• gifted

• literary knowledge

• intelligence

• literacy

Early literacy is learning about .....

• sounds, words and language

• vocabulary, words and language

• speak listen write

What is a critical period?

• the age a child is most receptive to learn language

• the age when a child stops learning language

• the age when a child starts to learn language

The key to intellectual development is

• the forming of words

• learning to read and enjoy books

• singing mde-up songs

• solving problems

Sharing books between parent and child can begin at

• age 1

• birth

• 6 months

• 2 years

Reading books with children can foster

• a dislike of reading

• a healthy imagination

• a love of the world around them

• a love of books and joy of reading

What can help children to connect the sounds to concrete objects?

• books

• rhymes

• pictures

• colors