WorksheetsRead Aloud 15 Minutes
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
More than one in ___ children arrive in kindergarten without the skills needed for lifelong learning.
a)
3
b)
4
c)
5
d)
6
2.
A child not reading at grade level by the end of first grade has an ___% chance of not reading at grade level by the end of fourth grade.
a)
28
b)
48
c)
68
d)
88
3.
The number of ___ children know when entering kindergarten predicts their future success in school.
a)
colors
b)
letters
c)
words
d)
animals
4.
From ___ to age 5, a baby’s brain will make trillions of connections between billions of neurons.
a)
birth
b)
3 months
c)
6 months
d)
8 months
5.
Brain size ____during the first year, and by age 3, a child’s brain has nearly reached its adult weight.
a)
doubles
b)
triples
c)
quadruples
d)
shrinks
6.
Babies often ___ the number of words they know between the ages of 1 and 2.
a)
double
b)
triple
c)
quadruple
7.
Only ___ percent of young children in this country are read to every day.
a)
28
b)
38
c)
48
d)
58
8.
Reading aloud at least ____minutes a day can make a difference in a child's future success in school--and life.
a)
15
b)
30
c)
45
d)
50
9.
Reading aloud 15 minutes a day every day for five years equals ___minutes of reading.
a)
75
b)
25, 375
c)
27, 375
d)
37, 357
10.
That's ___ hours of reading aloud over five years!
a)
196.36
b)
256.25
c)
356.36
d)
456.25
11.
Who should read aloud to babies?
a)
parent
b)
grandparent
c)
family friend or caregiver
d)
all of the above
12.
Research shows that ____with a young children is the single most important thing to do to prepare them for reading and learning.
a)
Playing
b)
Reading aloud
c)
Singing
d)
Counting
13.
1 to 2 months babies love ___ and making emotional connections with people. They look, they listen, they feel.
a)
animals
b)
faces
c)
shapes
d)
words
14.
2-5 months. Those adorable coos are more than sounds. They are ___ and help baby learn which sounds lead to learning how to talk.
a)
vowels (a, e, i and u)
b)
consonants (the rest of the alphabet)
15.
5-9 months...Like a babbling brook, baby says "mama', "dada" and more! These are how a baby learns ____ to make words to talk!
a)
vowels (a, e, i, o, u)
b)
consonants (rest of the alphabet)
16.
9-12 months....Like magic baby puts all the coos and babbles sounds together to make ___. Reading aloud together helps baby learn new words to say!
That's why all babies need to be read aloud to at least 15 minutes a day!
That's why all babies need to be read aloud to at least 15 minutes a day!
a)
songs
b)
words
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