You have been asked to speak at a parent meeting at your day care about how to encourage
children's phonological awareness using books.What information would you share with
parents?
What will be an ideal response?
Phonological awareness is children's understanding of sound patterns and the sound-letter
connection. This awareness develops primarily through playing with language as when we read
nursery rhymes with children or Dr. Seuss books. Young children love the repetition of the sounds
and enjoy predicting the word or sound that will come next. Preschoolers who have solid phonological
awareness skills often go on to use invented spelling where they attempt to write what they hear. This
is a wonderful precursor to later writing and language abilities. Activities to help children develop
phonological awareness include: books, especially those that rhyme, songs, and writing activities. Can
children write out the grocery list for the week? Can they try to rhyme three words? These are simple
games that parents can play with their children in the car, while waiting for appointments or while at
home.
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A) unable to establish a clear self-other distinction. B) insecurely attached to his own children as an adult. C) difficult to classify with Thomas and Chess' temperament model. D) anxious, fearful, and inhibited as a preschooler.
In Freud's theory, what does repression do? a. It decreases activity level
b. It keeps unacceptable thoughts out of consciousness. c. It maintains a balance among competing forces within the personality. d. If forces people to do something they don't want to do.