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Reading with Children

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The key to intellectual development is

a)

the forming of words

b)

learning to read and enjoy books

c)

singing mde-up songs

d)

solving problems

2.

Sharing books between parent and child can begin at

a)

age 1

b)

birth

c)

6 months

d)

2 years

3.

Baby's first step in reading is to

a)

to enjoy the sound of the reader's voice

b)

babble along with the reader

c)

look at the pictures

d)

draw their own pictures

4.

The second step of reading is to

a)

sound out the words

b)

learn that the words have meaning

c)

enjoy the pictures and the story

d)

imagine the story

5.

Reading books with children can foster

a)

a dislike of reading

b)

a healthy imagination

c)

a love of the world around them

d)

a love of books and joy of reading

6.

Why should parents read to children? (select 2)

a)

It's fun and promotes bonding

b)

to help the child develop language skills

c)

to quiet down an active child

d)

to convince a child you care

7.

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

a)

books

b)

rhymes

c)

pictures

d)

colors

8.

Wht helps chidren remember words?

a)

repetition

b)

inflection

c)

songs

d)

pictures

9.

What leads to the child repeating the story back to the reader?

a)

repetition

b)

singing

c)

whispering

d)

animation

10.

If parents read to their child, the child will associate it with

a)

playfulness

b)

attention

c)

anger

d)

sleeping

11.

Reading to young children promotes their ability to

a)

increase vocabulary

b)

read aloud

c)

fall asleep

d)

dream

12.

A child's readiness to read depends largely on the

a)

environment caregivers create

b)

cleanliness of the home

c)

focus of the reader

d)

books read to the child

13.

Enjoying books is vital to

a)

learning to read

b)

learning to sing

c)

learning to write

d)

learning to speak

14.

What should a caregiver do while reading to a child? (pick 2)

a)

stand in front of them

b)

establish a daily reading routine

c)

read to several children at once

d)

ask the child to predict what will happen next

e)

act bored

15.

Learning to skills necessary for reading is

a)

reading readiness

b)

logical decifering

c)

spelling words

d)

letter recognition

16.

Sight words are

a)

commonly used

b)

long and tedious

c)

rhyming

d)

always short

17.

Children should be reading on their own by age five.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

18.

The focus of caregivers should not be on the timeline, but rather the enjoyment of the process of learning to read.

a)

True

b)

False

c)

Maybe

19.

Reading rhyming books to young children helps them to identify

a)

purpose

b)

phonemes

c)

problems

d)

people

20.

Associating sounds with certain ___________ is an important step in learning to read.

a)

letters

b)

words

c)

colors

d)

tones